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The New Podler is gathering opinions from a variety of authors regarding the current state of self-publishing. My hopelessly optimistic answers follow below. What are your thoughts?
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How does self-publishing differ from traditional publishing?
Self-publishing is either liberation or self-indulgence depending on how you go about it. There's a dubious association with instant gratification. The core benefits: you retain all control over your material, you keep a bigger chunk of the profits, and, oftentimes, you're able to forge a more personal relationship with your audience. The drawbacks (which, depending on your motivation, can also be benefits): you must be your own publisher, editing, formatting, creating effective packaging; you must be your own marketing team—you must be willing and able to spend a portion of your time as a door-to-door salesperson of sorts. It's a lesson in patience and refinement, though not such an added burden considering that many traditional publishers these days require you to have a marketing plan anyway.
Regarding availability, the gap is narrowing between books sold off of a book shelf and those sold via a web site. Chain book stores are steadily closing, and while you still have Barnes & Noble, Borders, and the independents, these stores only have so much physical space. There are legions of capable, entertaining "mid-list" authors whose books are not often included between Dan Brown and Stephenie Meyer. Selling through the Internet is a way to defeat the problem of limited shelf space. It also happens to be the most accessible method available to self-publishers.
Do self-published book review blogs help to raise the reader awareness of self-published books?
Absolutely. Legitimate, critical self-publishing review blogs (like good traditional-publishing review blogs) point out the blemishes as well as the dimples. For serious self-publishers, this is what you want if you have a good, solid book that doesn't carry the reputation of being self-published because it can't stand on its own, because it can't find traditional publication. It should never be assumed that getting reviewed at a self-publishing review blog is easier than getting reviewed elsewhere.
How do you respond to the following statement: "Self-publishing is not a serious way to get one's work into print now and never will be."
I daresay a more accurate version of the above statement is: "Self-indulgence is not a serious way to get one's work into print now and never will be." If you're not ready, if you're rushed, then it will come across to reviewers and readers alike. With self-publishing, there's no editor or agent acting as a stop-gap. What I'm finding as I go along is that it's not so much the self-publishing model itself that needs to clean up its image as it is the ability of self-publishing authors to effectively promote their work. It's all in how you do it.
Has the golden age of self-publishing already passed or is it yet to come?
Bigger and better things are yet to come. I'm convinced the traditional publishing industry had to stumble before a real awareness was raised regarding alternative book markets. The technology had to improve to a point where anyone with a computer and Internet connection could feasibly create and publish. Book stores, whether they're selling print or digital copies, will continue to be country clubs for the elites, which is perfectly fine. Many authors are bestsellers for a reason: they're very good at what they do. But they're not the only kids on the block. Self-published books—good ones—will continue to fill the gaps. Eventually, when (and I do think it's a matter of when and not if) e-books become the norm, everyone will be selling via digital download. The old notion that you find professional authors' books on store shelves, and amateurs' online will hold much less water.
What about the challenges posed to the self-published writer by having to promote and edit his or her own book?
This is something many traditional publishers are requiring of their authors due to tighter budgets. In the past, you could, to some extent, get away with merely sending in your manuscript and letting the publishing team handle the rest. You only needed to be on hand for signings or interviews. Now you need a marketing plan to go along with your synopsis and sample chapters. You need to convince your would-be publisher that you're a hustler. You need an agent. And even then, a contract with a traditional publisher comes with no guarantees. Yes, depending on your contract, you'll have access to physical store shelves, but you still have to work your butt off promoting yourself. You're selling more books, but getting a smaller percentage of each sale. Not a bad thing. On the DIY side, you're selling fewer books, but keeping more of the profits; you're having to manage all your book sales yourself, whether through your web site or via consignment agreements with local book shop owners. All stereotypes aside, both traditional and self-publishing endeavors involve a lot of work. The latter is more easily attainable, whether as your sole method of publishing or as a hook to attract a mainstream publisher.
Why is it that a self-published author has yet to emerge into national recognition as a self-published author? (As opposed to being given a mainstream publishing contract after a self-published book attracts attention.)
I think a lot of it is the social stigma of someone coming up to you and saying, "My latest novel is great! You should read it!" People don't like it when other people toot their own horn—but they don't mind as much when you toot someone else's horn. With self-publishing, this is something of a challenge. You have to promote yourself without sounding like a greasy car salesman, you have to get other people to blurb you and promote you. It can be exceedingly difficult, because you're not working with a paid staff, you're working with friends, other self-published authors, family members. They all have their own lives to worry about.
Also, at this point in time, traditional publishers still carry a lot of clout. A contract with Random House can do wonders for your literary presence. I've seen numerous instances where an author will start a series of books with a mainstream publisher, and then finish the series at a smaller press, or under his / her own imprint. Whatever politics are going on behind the scenes, an audience has gathered, and they'll follow if the books are good. Bands do it all the time.
Has the experience of self-publishing changed the way you write? (If you have self-published.)
I started self-publishing because the small presses I'd been with closed up shop, and I felt my work up until that point was still relevant enough to warrant some kind of distribution. With new material I've found that I've become more daring. After all, I'm no longer having to adhere to a publisher's tastes or guidelines. I've been able to stretch out a little, blending genres and styles. I've already had to go it alone, and so I'm not worried about falling from grace, so to speak. At the same time, though, I've had to make sure I don't get too lax. Proofreaders are still important (before the publishing process!), honest opinions still matter, and it's still my main goal each time around to write the best book I can.
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There you go. As I mentioned at the start, I'm optimistic when it comes to the DIY movement. What's happening now in the publishing world is sort of like what was happening fifteen years ago during the rise of the commercial Internet. And MP3s a short while after. I mean, who texted back then? Who ditched their CD collection in favor of MP3s? Nowadays, everyone texts (and sexts), everyone listens to MP3s—and, I wager, in a few more years, (nearly) everyone will be reading e-books instead of paperbacks. We just need that iTunes-like revolution. Maybe it's the Kindle or the nook or some other fancied contraption that makes it as easy to squeeze 10,000 books onto a hand-held reader as it is to fit your entire music collection onto a handy portable player. Maybe it's the mass production of such devices that lowers prices and suddenly makes not having one a social embarrassment (like with the iPod). Maybe it's the passing of new environmental laws that restrict paper production. Whatever. The day will come. Are you looking forward to it, or do you already have your "Physical, not digital!" protest sign ready?


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Shapeshifters were spirits who came to Ningen-do, willingly or by accident, from other Spirit Realms. Due to their connection to their realm of origin (Meido, Toshigoku, Gaki-do or Yomi, for instance), these spirits could in some way control their shape and appearance. Due to the return of many ancestors through Oblivion's Gate there was a ritual designed by the Phoenix Clan that could sever such a connection and make them fully mortal.
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All shapeshifters had two different forms, a human (though there were tales of naga and nezumi forms too) and a natural animal form. They could change between the two, but it became more difficult the more they changed. All shapeshifters had at least one Taboo, which was specifically linked to their spiritual nature, and they could also detect a point of passage to their realm of origin. In their human form, many of them chose to have an alias, in order to integrate into Rokugani society. [1] They could also appear as trees, flowers, and almost anything else they take a mind to. [2]
Human Form Edit
A shapeshifter in human form had a specific appearance. Though they could choose to appear old or young when they shapeshifted, the form was always the same person. They could not imitate other specific individuals without other shapeshifting powers. [3] Shapeshifting spirits could avoid Mortality, the Control of Ningen-do, by imposing taboos upon themselves. [4]
Shapeshifter Races Edit
Shapeshifters races were sorted based on the natural animal form they took. "Animal" was by no means the only form they were capable of though, as spirits might take shapes of virtually any living form or legendary being, from a simple cat to a mighty ryu. Most of these shapes happened to be Clan related totems, but there was no specific relation between a Shapeshifter race and the clan symbolized by the same animal. Some of the most common forms were: [5]
- Fushicho - phoenix spirits
- Inu - dog spirits
- Bakeneko - cat spirits
- Kitsune - fox spirits
- Koumori - bat spirits
- Ryu - dragon spirits
- Saru - monkey spirits
- Tanuki - badger spirits
- Tsuru - crane spirits
- Usagi - hare spirits
Shapeshifter Powers Edit
Shapeshifters were known to possess strange powers which were drawn from the Realms they come from. Here were some known examples:
- Hunter's Bane: some spirits were able to move in their natural environment without leaving any tracks and to deceive beings who would be hunting them.
- False Vision: this power allowed a shapeshifter to cast powerful illusions and dispel existing ones.
- Possession: in their spirit form, some shapeshifters were able to use this power to take control of another being.
- Spirit Walk: this was a powerful but terribly painful way that a shapeshifter could use to travel quasi instantly from one point of Rokugan to another, via their original Spirit Realm.
- Reincarnation: some legendary spirits could simply be reborn once dead, at the same place... [6]
Taint Edit
They were not immune to the taint, but were too far from Jigoku to become tainted. [7]
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Virginia Defeats Vanderbilt to Win the College World Series
A 15-15 record in ACC play.
0-3 in pool play in the ACC Tournament.
National Champions.
Virginia completed its incredible post season run Wednesday night, defeating Vanderbilt 4-2 to win the Men's College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, NE.
UVA (44-24) spotted the defending champions a 2-0 lead in the first inning when Bryan Reynolds drew a leadoff walk off Cavaliers' starter Brandon Waddell.and went to third on a double by Rhett Wiseman. Dansby Swanson's grounder plated Reynolds and Zander Wiel's hit drove in Wiseman to get the Commodores (51-21) started.
But that would be all Vandy would get off of Waddell (5-5), who pitched five innings Saturday against Florida. The lefty gave up two more hits through the fourth inning, but allowed nothing through the middle innings before leaving after seven innings.
Virginia tied the score against Vanderbilt starter Walker Buehler in the fourth inning when Kenny Towns walked and Pavin Smith hit his seventh homer of the season to even things up.,
The Cavaliers took the lead for good the following inning off reliever John Kilichowski (3-4) when Adam Haseley drew a leadoff walk and eventually scored when Smith greeted Ben Bowden with an RBI single. UVA added an insurance run in the seventh on an RBI single by Towns.
After the seventh, Virginia turned things over to Nathan Kirby, who missed several weeks because of injury. Making his first relief appearance of the year, the left hander struck out the side in the eighth, including Swanson and Wiel and closed things out in the ninth, giving up just a two out single and setting off a wild celebration.
The win is the first national title in baseball for the Atlantic Coast Conference since Wake Forest won it all in 1955.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-4196?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13445665#comment-13445665 ] Uwe Schindler commented on LUCENE-4196: --------------------------------------- +1, that is exactly what I had in mind! The duplicate fields check is really cool, the return value of map is useful and is a simple check. Adding Exceptions to things reading on opening files is a must, as those can early detect corrupt segments and throw errors early. Especially as they cost nothing like the ones here. > Turn asserts in I/O related code into hard checks > ------------------------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-4196 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-4196 > Project: Lucene - Core > Issue Type: Task > Components: core/index > Affects Versions: 4.0-ALPHA > Reporter: Uwe Schindler > Fix For: 4.0 > > Attachments: LUCENE-4196.patch > > > In lots of codecs we only assert, that e.g. some things inside files are correctly in bounds, which leads to security problems (ok, not as bad as C-Style buffer overflows), but e.g. allocating a large array after reading a VInt from a file header and then OOM, is a security issue. So we have to check all those contracts for files as hard checks, especially as a simply check in most cases dont cost anything (and it costs not more than the assert itsself, as the assert also takes CPU power, because it needs a check one time on a static final class field). > Of course we cannot check values we read when reading postings, but the simple checks that any postings file has correct header and something like a positive number of elements, or number of elements < file size,..., a bit-fireld only contains valid bits in StoredFieldsReader, or non-duplicate filenames (CFS) are very important. We had those checks in 3.x, but in 4.0, Mike changed all of those to asserts during the flex development (in my opinion with no real reason). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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Timeline Reflects Treatment Of Detainees
In the past eight years, America's policy on interrogations has radically changed. Newly released Justice Department memos and a Senate committee report fill in many of the gaps in our understanding of how the United States treated terrorism detainees.
MICHELE NORRIS, host:
Now we're going to take a step back for the broader picture of how American interrogation policy has evolved since 9/11. NPR's Ari Shapiro has this timeline.
ARI SHAPIRO: The Bush administration was less than a year old when terrorists staged their deadliest attack ever on American soil. This was a broadcast on NPR a month after the attacks.
ROBERT SIEGEL: It's the first time that bodies at the World Trade Center have been identified solely by DNA evidence. There are no new cases of anthrax to report today, but the mail system has been disrupted in some places.
SHAPIRO: President Bush was a former governor with almost no national security experience. And as he described it years later, his single-minded focus was to make sure the terrorists didn't strike again.
President GEORGE W. BUSH: I directed our government's senior national security officials to do everything in their power within our laws to prevent another attack.
SHAPIRO: The government knew that agents might find someone with information about a future attack. And officials began exploring options to wring valuable intelligence out of a person who didn't want to talk. Six months after 9/11, the CIA picked up a man the government described as a senior lieutenant to Osama bin Laden.
Mr. JOSEPH MARGULIES (Lawyer): On March 28th, 2002, my client was arrested at a home in Faizabad, Pakistan.
SHAPIRO: Joseph Margulies is the lawyer for the detainee named Abu Zubaydah. The CIA flew Zubaydah to a prison in Thailand.
Mr. MARGULIES: And that's where he passed into the first of the secret black sites, and was gone from the face of this Earth until September 2006, when he was dropped off at Guantanamo.
SHAPIRO: This is the story of what happened between 2002 and 2006. Hundreds of detainees pass through American custody during that time. Officials at the Justice Department, the CIA and the Pentagon struggled to define how those detainees could be interrogated.
As the fights played out in Washington, a pendulum swung back and forth, largely in secret, changing the rules on how prisoners could be treated. Let's go back to that prison in Thailand. The FBI became uncomfortable with the way Abu Zubaydah was being interrogated there.
One agent called it borderline torture. And the FBI pulled out. That left the CIA to continue interrogating Zubaydah while people in Washington were still working out the rules for harsh interrogations.
Top officials met at the White House to discuss waterboarding and other tough tactics. And in August of 2002, the Justice Department finished two interrogation memos. One defined torture as pain equivalent to organ failure or death. The other told the CIA specifically which enhanced interrogation procedures it could use on Abu Zubaydah. Here's how President Bush described it much later.
Pres. BUSH: These procedures were designed to be safe, to comply with our laws, our Constitution and our treaty obligations.
SHAPIRO: Zubaydah would eventually be waterboarded more than 80 times. And there are sharp disagreements over whether the harsh interrogations produced valuable leads. Years later, CIA director Michael Hayden said Zubaydah was one of three detainees to be strapped to the waterboard.
Mr. MICHAEL HAYDEN (Former CIA Director): We used it against these three, high-value detainees because of the circumstances of the time. Very critical to those circumstances was the belief that additional, catastrophic attacks against the homeland were imminent.
SHAPIRO: While the CIA was waterboarding Abu Zubaydah, the Pentagon was developing its own tough interrogation program. Here's how Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin described it this week.
Senator CARL LEVIN (Democrat, Michigan; Armed Services Committee Chairman): Our top civilian leaders made a decision that they would authorize these coercive tactics at Guantanamo. Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and his lawyer, Mr. Haynes, both have documented approvals and authorizations of these abusive techniques at Guantanamo. And then they went from there to Afghanistan, and from there to Iraq.
SHAPIRO: The Iraq War began in March of 2003.
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SHAPIRO: Within months, two unrelated events caused the pendulum to swing against harsh interrogations. First, the Justice Department hired a man named Jack Goldsmith to run the office that had written the torture memos.
Mr. JACK GOLDSMITH (Former Member of the Justice Department): I wouldn't have withdrawn and tried to replace them unless they were severely flawed, in my opinion.
SHAPIRO: When Goldsmith told the White House he wanted to withdraw the memos, the vice president's chief of staff, David Addington, tried to stop him.
Mr. GOLDSMITH: He said that the blood of the 100,000 people who die in the next attack would be on my hands as a result of that decision.
SHAPIRO: Jack Goldsmith would not last a year in the job. The other major shake-up came halfway around the world, from the bottom of the chain of command. In the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, military police photographed each other smiling and pointing at naked, terrified detainees. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld described the prisoner abuse as the actions of a few bad apples.
Former Secretary DONALD RUMSFELD (Defense Department): We're taking in - will continue to take whatever steps are necessary to hold accountable those who may have violated the code of military conduct and betrayed the trust placed in them by the American people.
SHAPIRO: The face of the scandal was 21-year-old Lynndie England.
Former Private LYNNDIE ENGLAND (U.S. Army Reserve): We didn't kill them. We didn't cut their heads off. We didn't shoot them. We didn't cut them and let them bleed to death. We just did what we were told to soften them up for interrogation. And we were told to do anything short of killing them.
SHAPIRO: England was sentenced to three years in prison. But similar incidents were happening in secret all over Iraq. Back in Washington, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel got a new boss: Steven Bradbury. And the pendulum swung again. This time, Bradbury told the CIA it could go back to conducting harsh interrogations. Here was Bradbury testifying before Congress some years later.
Mr. STEVEN BRADBURY (Office of Legal Counsel, Justice Department): Our office has advised the CIA, when they were proposing to use waterboarding, that the use of the procedure, subject to strict limitations and safeguards applicable to the program, was not torture - did not violate the anti-torture statute. And I think that conclusion was reasonable.
SHAPIRO: People in the federal government who tried to push back were overruled.
Mr. PHILLIP ZELIKOW (Former lawyer, State Department): I felt obliged to argue that this was an extreme view of American constitutional law.
SHAPIRO: Phillip Zelikow was a top lawyer at the State Department in 2005.
Mr. ZELIKOW: The memo on my legal reasoning, I handed out myself to all my partners in the interagency process. I heard then, later, from one of my colleagues, that the White House had asked that all the copies be collected and destroyed.
SHAPIRO: The government's political leaders could quash internal dissent, but they could not silence the growing public outcry. Five years after 9/11, President Bush was forced to say publicly, again and again…
President GEORGE W. BUSH: This government does not torture people.
SHAPIRO: Behind the scenes, the pendulum swung again. The Justice Department withdrew authorization for waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques. By the time Michael Mukasey was nominated to become attorney general in 2007, he told Congress the United States no longer waterboards detainees.
Mr. MICHAEL MUKASEY (Former Attorney General): Given that waterboarding is not part of the current program and may never be added to the current program, I don't think it would be appropriate of me to pass definitive judgment on the technique's legality.
SHAPIRO: Of course, the story of this country's history of harsh interrogations is about much more than waterboarding. It's about the whole program of extreme practices that the United States authorized, then prohibited, then authorized and prohibited again. We know more of that story now than we ever have before, but there's still more to come. Yesterday, the Pentagon agreed to release dozens of previously unseen photographs showing abuse of detainees at prisons across Iraq and Afghanistan. Those photos are expected to come out next month.
Ari Shapiro, NPR News, Washington.
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Imma kill myself! I was halfway done and the stupid screen froze and went ERROR! on me! GRAWR! I'll go overkill... seriously.
Anyway, I can't believe I could write such a long title... seriously, it's like it never ends... Nevermind, here I am, with an Anime Special. And why? Because this week's episode IS special, for various reasons. So let's see where this goes, I've got some major brainstorming going on right now, so I'm going to let it flow.
So, as always, bad things first.
I'm in favor of keeping the manga pure. Mostly because when the animators try to make something different, they screw up. The Bount Arc, Amagai Arc, and Beast Swords Arc (parts of the Zanpakuto arc too, though I'll admit I liked most of it), as well as most filler fights and episodes, are good proof to it (and the first movie, Ulqui, was it terrible). So I was really befuddled at how different this episode was to the manga. It was almost completely out of track. I'll elaborate on the differences all throughout the entry.
The one that I found most bothersome was the one in the Kyoraku vs Starrk fight. Yes, the way Starrk fired his Cero. Might seem insignificant, but it's very important to my eyes. Firstly, it was unnecessary to fill up with Kyoraku luring Starrk into Cero'ing him. In the manga, Starrk shot the Cero out of annoyance because Kyoraku kept dodging, showing that while he doesn't want to fight initially, he did want to get straight to the point and stop fooling around once he was into it. Secondly, and most... troublesome of all, was the fact that he had to charge for the Cero. I thought what was special about it was that he didn't have to, so it was like a completely surprise attack. Add it to the fact that Kyoraku had asked him to Cero him, so he was already expecting it. Completely killed the magic.
Another thing that bothered me, though this is more about personal taste, was the drawing and animation of Harribel's La Gota. It is a minor techniqe, but out of all Harribel's techniques, it was the most stylish in design, it had a beautiful shape! In the anime though, it looks like she's spitting to Hitsugaya from her rapier/sword/weapon (whatever). It has no shape, it looks really randomly drawn. I don't see any love in that picture. It's like just a nothing splash of water. Like "it's a weak technique, nobody cares how it looks like", but Kubo did! He gave it an actual shape, it looks like a beautiful water arrow! So I hated that the looks they gave it in the anime were so lame.
That's it, I think. Weirdy, isn't it? I usually complain a lot more. But this episode had this little something that I kinda liked... so I'm going for the positive points.
The drawing improved EONS. Harribel looked really pretty here, especially compared to last week, which was ATROCIOUS. So cheers to the anime team for the improvement, it was totally necessary, and it definitely looks much better
As much as I prefer to stick to the manga, I actually liked this version of Harribel vs Toshiro much more. I feel the manga didn't handle Harribel the way she deserved and just Aizen'ed her (Aizen'ed: kill off/defeat any character with a flick of the wrist. Usually performed by Aizen. This feature is usually impossible to explain). They didn't give enough time to look into her potential, her abilities and her personality. She was just a pissed off lady that fired a lot of water. And she was hot. The anime gave her a much deeper insight. They actually gave a meaning to her "Sacrifice", and played with her connection to her Fraccion. They made her even more human and likeable. They also made her more powerful, that last Cascada attack was very striking and very significant. It really meant "sacrifice" for Hitsugaya, and it really showed how deadly her powers could be, something we quite couldn't see in the manga, since Hitsugaya kept dodging. I also felt there was much more feeling in this version, it was not just randomly throwing water and ice at each other, there was some meaning to it. I really liked it.
Lastly, the Flashback. I'm not all that sure about how I feel about it. Yes I was SUPER insulted when Harribel died without a Flashback. Because, seriously? The only Espada girl, and she's number 3, for Ulquiorra's sake, and she doesn't get a Flashback? (this is one of the multiple reasons that make me think Kubo is somehow sexist). So it was good that she got a Flashback, if you think of it from that perspective. The look she had in the Flashback was amazing, I liked it A LOT. On another hand, it still falls short, because all it shows is Harribel kneeling down to Aizen (the woman surrendering to the man, or am I thinking too much into it?), and it represents a lot of trouble. What was Harribel at the time? She didn't have a full mask so it's hard to believe she was a Hollow and her shape is too humanoid for an incomplete Arrancar. Get ready to get a wave of "OMU Harribel was Vasto Lorde!!" even if that Flashback says nothing to prove it. Oh dear, I wish the fandom got over VL's already. I'm almost sure Kubo forgot about them a long time ago.
I have a feeling like Kubo was unsatisfied with how he treated Harribel and tried to make it up to her with the anime. Or so I like to think, because this episode was actually very nice on the Harribel part, and it would be too risky from the animators to make such a drastical change to the story where they usually stick to every vignette as much as possible (though they seem to be failing at it lately coughRukiavsRudobonecough)
I'll be waiting for your comments and opinions on this episode, the last that Dattebayo will be subbing. I'd also like to hear suggestions of where to download Bleach from now on, I can't be waiting a whole week to watch them from CR. And I didn't like some little changes I heard they did (like changing Harribel's release command to "Hunt" instead of "attack" or "destroy"). So suggestions and recommendations on the matter will be well-received. I'll miss DB!!


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As the leaves start to turn and we finally get some autumnal weather in New Jersey, life here at Princeton is settling into its normal vibe of constant, city-never-sleeps activity. Since we start in mid-September, later than most other American universities, classes are just now kicking into high gear; extra-curricular clubs are in full swing; and the freshmen are becoming more jaded as the glamor of college life becomes routine. Though I only moved back to campus three weeks ago, it feels like I've lived here forever.
With the new season also comes an overflowing schedule. Along with everyone else on campus, I'm guilty of packing approximately 48 hours' worth of activities into each day, which gives me my fair share of chaotic days and too-late nights. Despite all the extra work, though, my extra-curricular groups are a big part of what makes my college experience so great.
This semester, I'm directing and producing a full-blown musical on campus, which means that my time spent away from my studies has been increasingly dominated by auditions, rehearsals, and meetings with my design team.
The twelve-person play, Illyria, is a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. While still set in Elizabethan England, the play's beautiful score provides a more modern take on Shakespeare's tale of self-discovery, and mixes humor and introspection in a way that I was immediately drawn to.
Directing is a fairly new experience for me, and it's been more than a bit daunting. There are so many things to organize and to keep track of! Luckily, my design team, my music director, and my stage manager have all provided incredible support for me throughout the process. With a budget of just over $2,000 from two of Princeton's student-run theater groups, my team and I are working hard to mount a production that will pack audiences into our 90-seat theater for all five nights of the show's run.
Every little detail is important—fabric colors for curtains must be approved; scalar blueprints for the set must be drawn; costumes must be pulled from the Theater Department's dusty stockrooms, and subsequently must be ripped, altered, and sewn back together until they fit our cast members just right. In order for the show to work, my designers, my cast, and I have to be in constant collaboration. There can be no divas or drama queens: from now until the show opens in November, we're all acting as one cohesive unit.
Thanks to Illyria, as well as my rehearsals for the University Orchestra and my journalism work here on campus, a typical weekend in Princeton sometimes feels even more hectic than the class-filled week. However, the rewards are a hundred fold. Though I was wiped out from a late-night orchestra rehearsal when I woke up this morning, I had great motivation to get out of bed: I was having brunch with Pete Mills, the playwright of Illyria and a Princeton alumnus from the Class of 1995.
As Pete and I sat and talked, discussing everything from my production to the coincidence that we both played the French horn in high school, I couldn't imagine going to school anywhere else. My schedule may be overwhelming at times, but the opportunities that I'm blessed with here definitely outweigh the occasional stresses of a full course load


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"A thousand books on tennis won't improve your serve, but a thousand serves will."
~ Rick DeMarinis, from an excerpt of his article printed in The Writer, November 1985, and reprinted in the November 2010 issue.
As I sat in a hallway at work the other day, I overheard someone practicing the tuba. The music climbed the scale with perfect tone but then squealed and tumbled into low vibrations, like the sounds of a diesel truck unwilling to start. I flashed back to a recent conversation with my son.
"Mommy," he said, "I want to play the trumpet."
"That's excellent!" I cheered. Then, I rattled off stipulations and requirements that he ignored until he heard the word "lessons."
"No, mom. I don't want to take lessons. I just want to play the trumpet."
My son and I are not so different in that way.
"I just want to write a novel." How many times have I said that before?
In the beginning, I didn't have time for books about the craft or a writing class or advice about failed first novels.
"I just want to write," I repeated.
But, writing – like tennis or trumpet playing or…anything, really – is rarely done well the first time or the first hundred times. To hone my writing skills, I needed diligence, a willingness to learn, and a daily commitment.
And, I needed to practice.
I understand that now, so I practice my writing in several ways.
1. Morning pages. Every day I write one to three pages — of rants, self-doubts, or goals for the day. Often, I start off by reminding myself what day of the week it is, a challenge in itself sometimes. Occasionally, I record a milestone, like a draft complete or a short story's Honorable Mention.
2. Letters to my best friend. Inspired by Lynn at The Letter Jar, who is on a mission to compose 365 letters in 365 days, I began writing letters to a dear friend with two small children. Phone calls are near to impossible when you have small kids at home. Besides, a hand-written letter is a treasure after a long day of laundry, meals, and redirection. While it's a different kind of writing, it draws out my creative side just the same and often leads to story-telling. Plus, I reconnect with my dear friend in an old, and more intimate, way.
3. Writing exercises. Every other Wednesday, I face a strict deadline to post a story, by midnight, based on a word prompt. While the deadline is self-imposed, I have good reasons why I don't blow it off: 1) I am motivated to write something new, 2) I stretch my writer's mind by forcing myself to write outside of the box (a psychopomp might stand at your death bed wearing a hooded cloak or he might just show up in a Mets cap), and 3) each attempt at the exercise reinforces my commitment to writing.
4. Submitting. I'm not talking about submitting to my inner editor or the lackadaisical attitude of my muse some days. I mean, that whenever and wherever I can, I submit a completed story. I'm a firm believer that there's much to be gained in the practice of writing cover letters, following submission guidelines, and crafting the ever-painful three sentence bio.
5. Reading. Nowadays, on top of novels and short story collections, I do read books and magazines on and about writing. Then, I translate my experience as a reader into my perspective as a writer, by writing a post about an inspiring article or interviewing a guest author.
6. Writing workshops and Author Readings. Workshops help me grow as a writer in the areas of craft and in giving and receiving feedback (which complements all lessons learned about writing). Also, when I attend an Author Reading, I learn the art of not sweating buckets or passing out while standing at a podium, in front of a roomful of peers, reading your story.
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BEAUFORT, S.C. --Newt Gingrich welcomed Rick Perry's endorsement today -- but not questions about his ex-wife's allegations that he once sought an "open marriage."
Speaking with reporters after an event at a bayside park, Gingrich said he spoke with Perry this morning and asked the Texas governor to head up a "10th amendment enforcement project" to develop ways to shift power from the federal government to the states.
"I think he's going to be extraordinarily helpful all across the country," Gingrich said of Perry.
The former House speaker declined to discuss the ABC News report that his ex-wife Marianne said she divorced Gingrich because he wanted an "open marriage." Gingrich did say his two daughters called ABC to protest the report as "tawdry and inappropriate."
"I'm not going to say anything about Marianne," Gingrich told reporters. "I'm staying out of it."
A questioner at a town hall meeting in Beaufort had asked Gingrich about the "character" questions shadowing his campaign.
"This is a decision you have to make," Gingrich told the man. "I have been very open about the mistakes I've made."
Gingrich said he and wife Callista knew they would be "smeared" during this campaign, but opted to run anyway.
"We decided the country was worth the pain," Gingrich said. "Now people have got to decide."
Gingrich's appearance at the bayside park capped quite a morning for the political world, just two days before the South Carolina primary.
First, the comments by one of his ex-wives to ABC News that she divorced Gingrich because he wanted an "open marriage" so that he could spend time with his mistress (and current wife).
Then, on the brighter side for Gingrich, Perry's decision to drop out and endorse probably helps his effort to overtake the front-running Mitt Romney in Saturday's vote.
And the day is not over.
There is a debate tonight with the remaining candidates: Gingrich, Romney, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum.
In Beaufort, Gingrich suggested that Santorum also drop out of the race so that conservatives could present a united front against the "moderate" Romney. "If you look at the polls, it is very clear I am the only person who can beat Romney," Gingrich said.
Gingrich has also said he would release his taxes today.
ABC's interview of ex-wife Marianne Gingrich is scheduled to air tonight on Nightline. For a preview, check out this post in our OnPolitics blog.
Appearing on NBC's Today show, Gingrich said: "I'm not going to say anything negative. I think the people who have known me a long time are credible on my character."
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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Over the centuries, wood has been a major source of fuel and heat. Our forefathers revered wood and used it to fill every need from heating their homes to making tools. They made maximum use of the back woodlot.
The choice of wood for fuel was not only logical, but a most natural one, for trees are a renewable resource. They can be harvested periodically without permanent disturbance to the natural environment.
Only in the last fifty years or less has wood lost this important role. As a nation, we shifted to the convenient fuels: oil and natural gas. Ironically, it is our heavy dependence on these nonrenewable resources that created the shortages and exorbitant prices of today's energy crisis. Consequently, wood has come into its own again, as more and more people look to the woods for the traditional source of heat.
The renewed use of wood for fuel creates an opportunity to correct some of our past mistakes. Our woodlots have been mismanaged, overcut, or often neglected. Past cutting practices left our woodlands with an overabundance of crooked, diseased, and otherwise unsaleable trees. These hamper the growth of the more desirable individuals, the straight, and healthy trees that are needed for lumber and veneer. To establish a good forestry program, the first step is to remove these less desirable trees for fuelwood, especially those trees that compete with the best crop trees.
Trees need room to grow at their maximum rates. If too close together, they compete for water, nutrients, and sunlight, and grow more slowly. A young stand of trees starts with 4000 to 6000 stems per acre. At maturity, when they measure about 20 inches in diameter, less than 100 trees per acre will survive. Most of the young trees die before they are large enough to harvest for sawlogs.
This is a natural selection process and it is slow, requiring 150 to 200 years or more to complete. Thinning hardwood stands when they are young hastens the process by permitting the more desirable trees to grow rapidly throughout their lives. Removing competing trees by frequent thinnings enables the stand to produce larger, higher quality trees. This promotes a greater volume of wood per acre in a reduced period of time-much less than 100 years.
Before thinning your hardwood stand, know the value of the trees you are thinning. As a rule sugar maple, ash, white and yellow birch, are more valuable than red maple, beech, or aspen (poplar); oaks are more valuable than the hickories. Check with your forester for advice on this point and for hints on tree identification.
You should begin thinning as early as possible to gain the benefits of repeated thinnings. The best time to start thinning a hardwood stand is when the trees average between 4 to 10 inches is diameter at breast height (41% feet above ground). Trees of this size class, commonly referred to a~ poles, respond rapidly to thinning. At that point it life, intense competition from surrounding tree starts to slow their growth. (See figure 1.)
This does not mean that stands of larger size trees, averaging 10 to 12 inches, should not be thinned. Such hardwood stands are, however, approaching commercial sawtimber size. In most cases, the thinnings can be sold as sawlogs. Before doing anything in these stands of larger trees, you should get technical assistance from the local service forester or a consultant forester. These professionals will help you select the trees to be cut and those that should be left for future growth.
The best way to thin a young polestand is the "crop tree selection method". This is a simple method for thinning stands to the greatest advantage of the best trees in the stand. Cut competing trees for firewood.
The trees selected as crop trees should be of valuable species. They will probably be the most valuable individuals in the stand. They should be straight and tall with relatively small branches, and should show signs of self-pruning: the lower 10 to 16 feet of the tree should have few or no branches. A few small dead branches in this section are a good indication that the tree will develop into a good quality tree, free of defects. (See figures 2 and 3.)
|Look up into the crown. The crown of a crop tree needs
three to four feet of open space on at least two sides. Those trees touching
the crown of your crop tree are the competitors. They may be removed for
fuelwood. (See figure 4.) In most cases, removing one or two side competitors
will provide the crop tree with the space it needs, but don't hesitate to
remove more if necessary.
The field procedure for selecting crop trees is this: start 10 to 20 feet into the stand or from the property line. Select a crop tree and identify it, either by tying a ribbon around it at breast height, or by using a spot of paint. Then, pace about 20 -feet (eight steps) on a line parallel to the edge of the stand or property line. Mark the closest crop tree within a 5-7 foot radius. If there are no trees that meet the crop tree specifications within this circle, pick the best of the lot and mark it. If there are no trees, pace out another 5 feet (two steps) and try again. If there aren't any trees within 7 feet of the second spot skip it and start over again at the next spot 20 feet away.
(See figure 5.)
Follow this procedure until you reach the far edge of your stand or the distance you have previously decided to go into the stand.
When you reach the end of the first line, pace off 20 feet at a right angle to the first line. Pick a crop tree, mark it, then go back along a line parallel to the first line. Use the paint spots or ribbons on the crop trees of the first line to guide you as you proceed on the second line.
Ideally, you should pick a crop tree every 20 feet and release its crown. As nature doesn't space trees evenly, it is impossible to adhere rigidly to this distance, but by using it as a guide you will end up with a sufficient number of released trees (about 100 per acre). As you walk through your stand, don't hesitate to pick a good crop tree even though it's growing within 15 feet of the last one. If it is impossible to locate an ideal crop tree within 25 feet, pick the best one you have.
This is a slow procedure at first. But as you gain experience and confidence in yourself, the work will progress faster and be most enjoyable.
After you have selected the crop trees for release, you can begin harvesting your stand. First, remove trees that touch or are too close to the crowns of the crop trees. They are direct competitors. (See figure 6.)
In some high-quality stands, the trees to be removed are as high in quality as the crop tree. Although this may be disturbing, remember that most of the trees you are removing will not live to maturity. At some future time, they will be shaded out and die. Furthermore, the crop trees you release will grow faster so they will regain some of the growth you lose by removing the competition.
Sometimes a compromise is in order. If two high-quality trees are side by side, the best decision might be to accept both as crop trees and to release each on two sides.
In most polestands, there is an abundance of "understory" trees that are much smaller than the crop trees. Their crowns are seen below the crowns of the larger trees. In such a position, they are deprived of sunlight-nature's way of removing them from the stand. Harvest any understory trees big enough for firewood. Their removal will have little effect on the growth of the crop trees, but they will provide enough firewood to make the effort worthwhile (figure 7).
After releasing the crop trees, your next concern is the dead,
dying, and deformed trees that hinder the development of the area. Any of these
trees that have not been removed in thinning should also be harvested for
firewood. (See figure 8.)


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United States aircraft makers have complained that Airbus is able to sell its planes at low prices, despite its costs, because of government aid. Based in Toulouse, France, Airbus was created in 1970 by Aerospatiale of France, British Aerospace P.L.C., Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm G.m.b.H. of West Germany and Construcciones Aeronauticas S.A. of Spain.
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The Woolies defeated 10th-ranked Sutton, 44-33, on Thursday, extending their winning streak to eight.
Payton Bruegger, who called Thursday's victory the biggest of the season for Millbury, led the way for the Woolies with 13 points.
"It's Sutton, they're your rivals," Bruegger said. "They're like right next door, and you have to beat them."
Millbury coach Steve Reno used a 1-3-1 zone to confuse Sutton and after the Suzies took a 5-3 lead early, the Woolies' Breanna Winberg hit a 3-pointer to put Millbury up for good.
Reno said he was surprised the Woolies have put things together so quickly, as Thursday's win clinched them a postseason spot.
"We're better than I thought we'd be at this point," Reno said. "So now the trick is how do we improve?"
Millbury (10-2) took a 12-9 lead to end the first quarter after a Molly McCausland drive through the lane. The Woolies held a 21-15 halftime lead, and Sutton was having a difficult time making shots.
The Suzies (11-4) have dropped two straight, and despite a game-high 15 points from sophomore Amy Haven, Sutton coach John Doldoorian's squad couldn't solve the Millbury defense.
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Keryn Reno had six assists for Millbury and sealed the win with a 3-pointer to make it 42-31 with 1:59 left. Brooke Nadeau had eight points, while reserves Rebecca Thornburg added six and Alexandria Pariseau chipped in five. Bruegger and McCausland (4 points, 6 rebounds) helped Millbury hold the lead in the second half.
"(McCausland) had to come out a little bit in the first half with a couple of fouls, but we're more comfortable when she's in the game and she has the ball in her hands," Reno said of his two leaders. "She's a senior. She's confident, and for the younger kids it's a security blanket when she's out there with them.
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I think it's okay that parents can be interested in iCarly and they may like the relationship of Sam and Freddie. There's a difference between liking a relationship and shipping. I bet your parents don't go on Wiki, write fan fiction, find pictures. That's more shipping to me. But there's a difference if your parents say "Hey that Sam girl and that Freddie kid make a cute couple in that iCarly thing you watch"
iCarly can be for adults after all it is a family comedy show.
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From the macabre mind of Roman Dirge comes Something at the Window is Scratching, a collection of poems and accompanying artwork that has to be seen to be believed. If that sounds like a bad thing, it's not; Dirge's warped sense of humour is a joy to behold and, however sinister it gets, there's always a smile to be raised. There's even a few laughs to be had, ones that can brighten up the gloomiest of days. After a tough day at work, the story of Pear Head Man and Bread Boy will melt the hardest of hearts.
The back cover description of this anthology as "twisted children's tales for maladjusted adults" isn't far wrong, and an introduction by Jhonen Vasquez laments that growing up means many adults have to let go of not only childish thoughts but also their imaginations. Fortunately, Roman Dirge hasn't done either; instead, he's created something unique – along the lines of Tim Burton meets Dr Seuss – that ensures every page elicits emotion from its readers, whether it's a shake of the head at the bizarre nature of it all or a pain in the stomach from laughing out loud.
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You can drive it. You can fly it. You can do it by train. Oregon, a shorter drive than many southern California destinations, is quickly becoming a popular vacation destination for Lodians.
Ask your friends, ask your neighbors, chances are someone you know is planning an Oregon adventure. Perhaps it's because it's a faster drive to Ashland than to Disneyland. And it's the same amount of miles to scenic Bend as it is to the beaches of San Diego. Oregon - with its fossil parks, festivals and blissful beaches - has made Lodi fall in love.
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Bend is also home to the Art in the High Desert Festival that will take place Aug. 28 through 30. This year's festival will feature local artists, from ceramics and glassworks to painting, photography and woodwork. For information, visit www.artinthehighdesert.com.
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Eight hours from Lodi is Oregon's Gold Beach. While the Oregon coast is all beautiful, the southern beaches are credited for their warmer weather and lush surroundings. Gold Beach is one coastal town surround by a blend of forest, river and ocean. The early history of the beach weaves Native American culture and wars, Spanish explorers and European fur trappers. The Rogue River is a hot spot for rafters who enjoy gliding downriver between basalt canyon walls. For a scenic (but long) drive, take Highway 101 starting in California.
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Just across the California border off near Highway 5, Ashland is a quaint town that lures in thespians with the annual Oregon Shakespeare Festival. However, there is more to the town than costume shops and old-fashioned theater. Ashland is a college town with plenty of unique shops, parks, theaters and places to camp or fish.
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- Drivers may not pump their own gas. In Oregon, self-serve is
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Lodi to Oregon, by the milesTo Ashland: 334
To Bend: 474
To Portland: 617
To Gold Beach: 465
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