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Unfortunately, the NSA Surveillance Program Probably Won't Cause an Overseas Uprising
James Fallows recommends a Guardian column from this weekend about the real effect of the Edward Snowden affair. John Naughton says it's not about Snowden—and I agree. Rather, it's about what we now know:
Without him, we would not know how the National Security Agency (NSA) had been able to access the emails, Facebook accounts and videos of citizens across the world; or how it had secretly acquired the phone records of millions of Americans; or how, through a secret court, it has been able to bend nine US internet companies to its demands for access to their users' data.
Actually, this isn't really true. We've known for years that federal agencies have been issuing NSLs and warrants to get data from Facebook and others. We've known for years that the NSA was collecting phone records.
Which isn't to say that Snowden's disclosures haven't mattered. They have. The public (and Congress) react far more strongly to documented details than they do to general knowledge that something is going on. Snowden's revelations have plainly galvanized public opinion and spurred Congress into action. That's a big deal. But it's not because we really know all that much more than we did before. This is why I'm a little skeptical of the conclusion Naughton draws from this. I'm going to quote Fallows' version of it since it's a little clearer:
In short: because of what the U.S. government assumed it could do with information it had the technological ability to intercept, American companies and American interests are sure to suffer in their efforts to shape and benefit from the Internet's continued growth.
- American companies, because no foreigners will believe these firms can guarantee security from U.S. government surveillance;
- American interests, because the United States has gravely compromised its plausibility as world-wide administrator of the Internet's standards and advocate for its open, above-politics goals.
Why were U.S. authorities in a position to get at so much of the world's digital data in the first place? Because so many of the world's customers have trusted U.S.-based firms like Google, Yahoo, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, etc with their data; and because so many of the world's nations have tolerated an info-infrastructure in which an outsized share of data flows at some point through U.S. systems. Those are the conditions of trust and toleration that likely will change.
This is one of those arguments that I'd really like to believe. After all, it's perfectly logical, and it helps make the case against a program that I don't like. And yet, for several reasons, I just don't think I buy it.
First, I suspect that the vast, vast majority of overseas Facebook/Microsoft/etc. customers already assume that intelligence agencies can read their files if they want to, and they just don't care. These users aren't spies or terrorists, and rightly or wrongly, they believe that intelligence agencies aren't interested in them and won't find anything interesting even if they are.
Second, would moving to a non-U.S. service protect you? Sure, if it's one of those super-secure, highly-encrypted data vaults you read about once in a while. But that's something very few people are interested in. They just want ordinary internet services: email, social networking, chat, etc. And if you're a foreign national using a non-U.S. service, guess what? The NSA has no restrictions at all about spying on you. It's true that they actually have to figure out how to get your data, since they can't just demand it via warrant. But they can use any method they want to intercept or steal it. There are no rules when it comes to overseas data.
Third, I assume that most foreign governments have police and intelligence agencies that work in much the same way as the FBI and the NSA. We don't hear much about this since they operate on a far smaller scale, but if the French police want access to your email, they can get a warrant issued for it. Likewise, I suspect that French intelligence agencies have some of the same data mining capabilities as the NSA. It's certainly nowhere near as broad, but I'll bet it exists.
Put all this together, and it's really not clear to me that broad public reaction is going to be very strong. Will Danish users stop using Facebook until some Danish company creates an alternate social networking platform? Probably not. The fear of NSA spying is simply nowhere near as compelling as the huge inconvenience of everyone being on a different platform and being unable to chat and share pictures with their friends in other countries.
As for businesses, they're probably less interested in avoiding NSA spying than they are in staying ahead of hackers and concealing their more dubious dealings from ordinary law enforcement agencies. Using a non-U.S. platform won't do them any good on either of these scores.
We'll see, of course. Maybe this is the beginning of a long decline in U.S. information services, as overseas users start to move to other platforms. It's possible. Unfortunately, I sort of doubt it. At most, I suspect we'll start to see a bit more nationalistic reliance on domestic network infrastructure, but that's something that's always been likely anyway. Beyond that, people will just keep on doing what they've been doing.
UPDATE: For a contrary take, read Henry Farrell here. He believes that privacy authorities in Europe will drive major changes in surveillance law, which is a fairly widespread view. I suspect that things will turn out differently than Henry does, but it's worth reading his argument.


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My wife, son and I made a trip to Vladivostok, Russia this summer, leaving Maine on July 25, 2010 and returning home on August 6, 2010. The trip was our first overseas and was quite an adventure. This all started with a box of almost 500 photos that my grandfather took in Vladivostok back in 1919-1920. He was there for six months with the YMCA as an accountant in their International Hut (corrected on 11-10-2010; his office was not in the International Hut). My wife scanned all of those photos and shared them with several historians in Vladivostok. They found the photos so interesting that they published a book about them. We decided that this was the right time to go meet the authors visit the city.
Will (me) and my son Jack at the Vladivostok Train Station in 2010
Merrill Haskell (my grandfather) at the Vladivostok Train Station in 1919
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I'm planning on more posts. We were able to get quite a few photos of "new versus old". Pretty neat to see a lot of the same things my grandfather saw back in 1919. We met with the authors who published the book and they took us around to many of the locations that my grandfather photographed. Thanks for the comment.
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Hi guys, i know the title sounds weird, but i've been A-Bing westone um2 and shure se 215, and for my fave iem, it woudl be for these 2 to get married and have a kid.
I like that the um2 has good soundstage.
For the se 215, i like its warmness, and coherence, the music sounds more like a whole, instead of separated.
But the se215 doesn't have a good soundstage, i listen to new divide by LP, and it sounds good on se 215, but feels just so-so.
However on the um2, this songs really shine, the drum beats at the start of the song, really makes me feel the soundstage, it' lively.
Now to the crazy thing, i've been listening to sam cooke, and i don't know what's his genre of music, but it goes really well with the se215, it feels whole, while listening to sam cooke's song from um2, it feels like the um2 gives it to me separately, no coherency.
So now, do you guys have any suggestion that would be a good mix of these 2?
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Got a 98 tj with 4cyl with 98,xxx miles . motor has a throttle body spacer and cold air intake . has d44 front with a mini spool 3 linked rear has a d60 spooled with a 4 link . 16 inch rims with 37 inch iroks about 50 percent wear all the way around . has sye kit and custom cv drive shafts . warn front n rear bumpers . rock sliders . cut quarters . rear is stretched . wheel base is between 97-98 inches. gas tank is behind the seat in the rear . dose not have a back seat. front seats are bomz racing seats with 4 point belts. has a sony radio with mp-3 hook up. jeep came from the bottom of Indiana has no rust at all any where . jeep is strictly been a crawler for me so it is dented here and there was never worried bout it . i have never had it on the road . the guy before me did. but since i have had it its been trailed where ever and i dont drive it on the road so i dont know what id take to make it road worthy . although 4 cyl jeeps on 37s arent much fun to drive down the road any how. it dose have 513 gears but imagine it dont like going over 50 before youd start heating the clutch. crawls real well . has surprised me every time i take it out . smallest jeep in the group and it takes me through just about everything the one tons go . some time dose better . ready to crawl has soft upper doors and a nice soft top to go with it . only reason for sale is im more into sleds then 4 wheeling and my budget dont support both right now . ill be back though
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There are going to expenses incurred as the ticketing company must also make money.
A lot depends on your market. My market sucks for people buying ahead.
They have a mentality of show up and buy! But I still use an on line ticket company.
First I would suggest that you pass the on line ticket cost to the consumer.
They are use to it as Ticketmaster and the like always had a ticketing fee attached
to the ticket. At first the services were suggesting the haunts absorb that cost.
It is a convenience fee, so it is more convenient to the customer, he pays the fee.
Most services will allow for this.
You also have the use of the equipment, the scanner(s) and any support hardware.
See if there is a fee for usage of the equipment. You can sometimes negotiate this.
Shipping. You have to ship the scanners both ways. Do you are the service company pay for this?
Most require you do, some ship to you, you pay the return. In any case it is an added expense.
Do you want it to just be a cost of doing business or do you incorporate it?
Some services require a minimum ticket purchase or you will be responsible to make up the difference.
As I said most points can be negotiated, shop around. TW was a great opportunity as most were
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Decide on the requirements you need, shop around and get what works best. Try not to lock into a long
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Try not to rape your customer with the fee. Keep it reasonable, but don't screw yourself either.
Remember you will have a small percentage that pays on line then never redeems the ticket (found money).
IF you think you may only sell a couple hundred the first year, factor that in with the ticket fee. If their fee
is $1.00 a transaction, shipping is $50.00, just add 25 cents for a $1.25 fee and you have no out of pocket cost.
As many have stated it just makes sense to have on line ticketing. Even if it starts slow (as our has) it will increase
as more and more people become used to on line shopping. It is also an image thing. Do you go to the haunt that only
takes cash or the haunt that has on line ticketing and takes debit or credit??? Which case seems like a company that plans
on being around a while??
Opps, you didn't even mention if you took credit cards!!! That could be a whole different thread (you should take credit cards too!!)
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Up to now, only software developers have been eligible to get their hands on Google Glass, the computing headset Google introduced last year. Now, it's opening up the chance to test it out to up to 8,000 "bold, creative individuals" like you--as long as you have $1,500 plus tax to spare.
The catch: You need to submit thoughts, photos, or short videos to Google+ or Twitter explaining what you could do with Google Glass--briefly. You have under 50 words, five photos, and a 15-second video to make your case.
The contest of sorts is a sign that Google's getting ready to release the highly anticipated project into the wild, though commercially available versions won't be out until sometime next year. "We're looking for a really diverse group, with people from all sorts of backgrounds, hobbies, jobs and lifestyles," Google says.
Google has created a new website and a video showing some examples of what the device can do. It's completely unclear at this early stage whether this will be a commercially viable product, but the video sure makes it look appealing. It captures closeups of skydiving, trapeze-swinging, and more real-world but still vertigo-inducing activities like riding a roller coaster.
The video reveals something else about Glass that I don't believe was apparent before: It responds to voice commands. It might even evolve from geeky to stylish. The New York Times says Google is negotiating with the trendy online eyeglass seller Warby Parker to design frames. As for what Glass might portend in the future, Forbes contributor Anthony Wing Kosner has a good take on the implications of the device.
If you're up for all that, here are the terms: Follow the project on Twitter (@projectglass) or on Google+ (+ProjectGlass) and use the hashtag #ifihadglass on your submission. You can submit up to three times, according to the FAQ, but before midnight Feb. 27--about a week from now.
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January 21, 2014 10:02 PMMatt Niskanen's third-period goal Monday didn't stand as his sixth winner of the season. Not hardly.
It wasn't even significant to the outcome. Not when the Penguins got smacked by the Florida Panthers, 5-1.
But it was Niskanen's seventh goal, matching his career high with 33 games remaining this season.
Niskanen, 27, has rounded into a reliable, versatile defenseman for the Penguins, but he's not categorized as an offensive defenseman.
He has, however, developed a knack for getting shots through what can be a minefield of sticks, legs and bodies in front of the opposing goaltender.
Going into a game tonight against the Montreal Canadiens at Consol Energy Center, Niskanen has equaled the seven goals, 26 points he put up in a stellar rookie season (2007-08) with Dallas. He has at least one point in 12 of the Penguins' past 14 games.
He had no winning goals that rookie season, and only four through his first six seasons. His five this season have him leading the Penguins and all NHL defensemen.
Niskanen was a first-round pick by the Stars in the 2005 NHL draft and was something of a sensation that rookie season, which he started as a 20-year-old. His plus-minus was plus-22.
He upped his point total to 35 the next season, but his plus-minus plummeted to minus-11. Things sputtered some for him until the Penguins traded for him in February 2011.
This season, he is not only on pace for his best season offensively, but he also was tied for the league plus-minus lead at plus-25 before games Tuesday.
Asked to explain how he is getting shots through — and past the goalie —Niskanen deferred to the Penguins' overall plan of having forwards feed the puck to defensemen as a way of opening things up a little.
"Just the way teams play defense now — everyone packs it in around the net —it's tough for forwards to create space or have space to do anything on their own," Niskanen said. "You have to spread them out a bit."
Even then, it can be difficult to launch a shot that isn't blocked or stopped by the goalie.
"The best way to do it is, [the forwards] pass it low to high to us," Niskanen said. "And [the idea] is just to get it on net real quick, before they get set up. Even forwards are good at almost playing goalie. They're in your way. You can't shoot it by them."
Yet Niskanen has, six times since Dec. 19.
Five of his seven goals have been one-timers. Here's a look at his goals this season:
• Oct. 12 against Tampa Bay, a one-timer from center Evgeni Malkin for a power-play goal.
• Dec. 19 against Minnesota, a one-timer after a pass from winger Jussi Jokinen for a power-play goal.
• Dec. 21 against Calgary, he scored on a quick wrist shot after taking a pass from center Sidney Crosby.
• Dec. 31 against New Jersey, Crosby set up Niskanen for a one-timer.
• Jan. 5 against Winnipeg, he scored on a one-timer from defense partner Olli Maatta.
• Jan. 19 against Calgary, he won the game when he showed some patience with the puck, backing up along the right-wing boards before launching a wrist shot.
• Last Wednesday against Washington, he scored on a one-timer after a pass from defenseman Kris Letang.
Although all Penguins defensemen are encouraged to join the offense, Niskanen's goals have come from longer range — the point, the top of the circle.
With the possible exception of the Jan. 19 winner in Calgary, he hasn't flashed a lot of moves on his goals. Maatta, a rookie, has that skill.
In the 4-3 victory Wednesday against Washington, Maatta used a deft pump-fake to make a pass to set up winger Taylor Pyatt's goal, then scored the winner on a similar move. That's a different style.
"Different skill set, too," Niskanen said, smiling. "I've got a little bit of that in my playbook. Not as much as he does, though. He's pretty good at deception. He can move laterally. Move a guy and then just take a step and he has a lane. He's got a good knack for that, a good feel for that."
Niskanen's goals don't look like that.
"A few of them have been one-timers. For me, that's usually how I score," he said. "You can't get it off any quicker than when you one-time it. When you're able to one-time a puck, I think that's the best thing to do. Just pound it right away. That's your best chance to score.
"The wristers from 60 feet, those are kind of lucky. A lot of times defensemen knock those down. And, if the goalie sees it, he's stopping it for sure."
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UK Vatican Exhibition that won't happen
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Hehe Fr Ray! "on the square" you are not suggesting funny handshakes and aprons are you?
- 21/7/10 10:14 pm
- parepidemos said...
Father, I looked, but in vain, for the name you said was suggested by Anna Arco. There isn't even a hint.
- 21/7/10 11:14 pm
- Fr said...
A fortnight's notice to the parishes (well, those up here anyway) to get volunteers for 'banner duty', the same for allocations of places at the various events to be taken up - and all at a time when a good number of people and parish priests are away.
Sad to say, it seems that the whole thing is being engineered to make it difficult for people to be present with the Holy Father. - 22/7/10 12:11 am
- Clare@ BattlementsOfRubies said...
" Anna does suggest a name for the plug puller"
Does she? Where? I read the piece but couldn't find that.
Is the whole article available online? It seems to end rather abruptly. I just wondered if what I was reading wasn't complete.
The way the preparations for the Popes visit have played out has been a real eye opener for me.
I feel a little crushed that, so far, it seems that my optimism has not been rewarded.
The church hierarchy seem so, well, 'tepid' about the whole business.
Thank goodness for the internet though, it's good to know I am not alone in longing to offer the warmest of hearty welcomes to our beloved Pope. - 22/7/10 12:11 am
- Physiocrat said...
Just because conspiracy theories border on the absurd does not mean that there isn't a conspiracy going on.
- 22/7/10 4:47 am
- Michael Petek said...
Your reference to 'men on the square' in head office.
Are you saying they're Freemasons? - 22/7/10 7:10 am
- Fr Ray Blake said...
"Annma does suggest a name" should have read "doesn't", oops!
On the square - Ecclesdon Square of course! - 22/7/10 8:32 am
- Peter said...
Happy Feast Day Father
And safe journey to any off to Lourdes with A&B. - 22/7/10 10:06 am
- Physiocrat said...
"On the square"? It is a serious, shocking and preposterous allegation. Yet one wonders. I have been wondering for a long time. It is of course the best way to be accepted in British life, get to meet all the influential people in politics, the professions, civil service etc. It makes one the ultimate insider.
And any cleric who was on the square would want to rationalise the liturgy, remove any sense of mystery, etc. Which is far from making an accusation. There are lots of other possible explanations for the de-mystifying tendency. It is more a question lurking in the back of the mind.
I went to mass in the cathedral at Riga at 8-00 am this morning. It was celebrated by the bishop himself, I only knew this because he was wearing his zuchetto. Well attended, he said mass in Latvian, ad orientem. There has apparently never been a front-facing altar. Everyone received communion kneeling, on the tongue, with a communion plate in use.
A priest was on duty for half an hour beforehand to hear confessions. All of which is more like what should be a normal state of affairs. - 22/7/10 10:25 am
- Dominic Mary said...
I'm sorry, Father : but I think you give too much credit to certain people. I don't think they're enthusiastica about the Holy Father's visit, and indeed I am sure that there are a good many who would love to see it cancelled; but in general terms I think that it's simply a function of the fact that they don't have the organisational nous to put on a convincing p***-up in a brewery.
- 22/7/10 10:42 am
- Et Expecto said...
In my diocese, and the neighbouring one, attendance at the Birmingham location is being limited to one coachload per deanary. If this policy applies nationally, I calculate that that amounts to about 15,000 people.
No system for booking a place has been instituted and the priest has now gone away on holiday. His last words were "I don't it is practical to do anythimg".
The whole business is a shambles from beginning to end. - 22/7/10 11:00 am
- Crux Fidelis said...
Eight weeks to go and only the vaguest information about arrangements. As I recall it, when JP2 was due everything was in place by this stage.
- 22/7/10 11:33 am
Glad you meant Eccleston Square, Father. I was more than a little startled when I read your post!
Allowing for the lacklustre support for the Pope's visit by our hierarchy, I am not sure I would pin the blame in that direction.
We know how slowly the Vatican moves, so to get them to react in an instant from selecting treasures to getting them over here was, perhaps, over-optimistic.
Also, the Vatican exhibition was a sort of fill-in when another display fell through. I don't think I'd be very flattered were I head of the Vatican museum.
And there is another dimension to be considered. With all the anti-Pope/Catholic feeling swirling around, plus accusations of worshipping graven images, who could be sure there wouldn't be an attampt at vandalising one of the artefacts? - 22/7/10 12:41 pm
- Volpius Leonius said...
"In my diocese, and the neighbouring one, attendance at the Birmingham location is being limited to one coachload per deanary. If this policy applies nationally, I calculate that that amounts to about 15,000 people."
Sounds about right most of the tickets are probably going to "VIP's". - 22/7/10 7:12 pm
- Delia said...
But no reason, surely, why the British Library couldn't put on a small display with a loan or two from the Vatican Library of MSS from this country, demonstrating early links with Rome?
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Air France Profit Rises as Airline Vows Further Cost Cuts
Andrea RothmanAir France-KLM Group said second-quarter operating profit tripled as it benefited from cost cuts, and announced another five-year plan to drive down expenses as it grapples with slowing demand and overcapacity.
Europe's largest airline group posted operating profit of 238 million euros ($320 million), up from 84 million euros in the year-earlier period, exceeding the median estimate of seven analysts for 190 million euros. The company left unchanged a full-year earnings forecast that it had trimmed this month.
Air France-KLM has reined in costs via a three-year plan called Transform 2015, and is reviewing the future of its unprofitable cargo business, and its medium- and short-haul European and domestic operations, which are losing passengers to low-cost carriers such as EasyJet Holdings Plc.
"It's a difficult environment because the economy remains very sluggish," Air France-KLM Chief Executive Officer Alexandre de Juniac said in a briefing.
Air France KLM shares rose as much as 65 cents,, or 7.6 percent, to 9.28 euros in Paris, and traded at 9.02 euros as of 9:04 a.m. The stock has gained 19 percent this year, valuing the company at 2.7 billion euros.
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The company said today it won't exit its cargo business, though it will need until September to map out the way forward. Juniac said the airline has reduced its exposure to the freight business by cutting the number of cargo planes in operation. It also showed "restraint" in adding capacity, or passenger seats, on routes where demand risks being outstripped by supply, hurting ticket pricing.
"A solid quarter which should reassure investors," Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Rob Byde wrote in a note to investors. The airline is acting "sensibly" with a decision not to make a major withdrawal from cargo markets, he added.
The new plan will be structured around four areas: long-haul, short- and medium-haul operations, cargo, and maintenance, Air France-KLM said today.
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization will be 2.2 billion euros ($3 billion) to 2.3 billion euros this year, compared with a previous target of as much as 2.5 billion euros, Air France said July 8.


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SAN DIEGO Rocky Long and Bronco Mendenhall will leave it to the fans to get all worked up about the revival of the BYU-San Diego State rivalry.
Just two years after a botched review of an apparent fumble tainted what appeared to be the final game between the schools, the Cougars (7-5) and Aztecs (9-3) will meet in the Poinsettia Bowl tonight at San Diego State's home stadium, Qualcomm.
In a 2010 episode known as "Replaygate," BYU running back JJ Di Luigi fumbled against the Aztecs in Provo and San Diego State coach Brady Hoke asked for a review. Officials ruled there was not enough evidence to rule it a fumble. BYU scored five plays later en route to a 24-21 victory.
The Mountain West later banned employees or alumni from the host school from working the replay booth.
Still, Long and Mendenhall — who worked together on New Mexico's staff for five seasons — aren't interested in rehashing it.
"Oh yeah, it's ancient history," said Long, who was SDSU's defensive coordinator that day and was elevated to head coach after Hoke left for Michigan following that season. "I don't worry about the fans. I only worry about the 100 guys we've got on the team."
Said Mendenhall: "I've already been asked that a number of times, with people saying this is a giant rivalry game and there's a vendetta, etc. Being at BYU I've learned there are a lot of axes to grind. I don't even remember the game, to be honest with you."
BYU leads the series, 27-7-1, and has won five in a row against the Aztecs.
BYU will be making its 12th bowl appearance in San Diego. The first 11 were in the Holiday Bowl, the big brother of the Poinsettia.
SDSU is playing in a bowl game for an unprecedented third consecutive year and is trying for its first 10-victory season since 1977.
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The collective Hollywood wisdom in 1945 was to forget about making more movies with wartime themes. The public had just gone through a steady three-year diet of them - escapist combat movies, realistic thrillers, and melodramas about conditions on 'the home front.' So convinced was Warner Brothers that audiences would tire of the subject, they held off releasing The Big Sleep for a year in order to shove their backlog of war movies through the distribution pipeline first.
That prevailing attitude made Sam Goldwyn and William Wyler's commitment to Mackinlay Kantor's novel Glory For Me a commercial longshot. Little did anyone know that their film would capture the heart of the nation, while adding the category of 'socially conscious' to the kinds of movies the public would accept. Just as Casablanca had struck an emotional nerve, millions saw The Best Years of Our Lives as a true mirror of their personal lives.
A trio of veterans returning to the small midwestern town of Boone City form a bond during their 'period of readjustment.' Al Stephenson (Fredric March) returns to a loving family, but his kids have grown so much they seem like strangers. Back at work, he finds his bank job incompatible with the cooperative spirit he felt during the war, and turns to drink. Sailor Homer Parrish (Harold Russell) lost both of his hands in battle. He rejects the pity of his parents and misinterprets the love of Wilma Cameron (Cathy O'Donnell), his high school sweetheart and literal girl next door. Bomber pilot Fred Derry feels like damaged goods because he's unqualified for a respectable job, after being responsible for an entire aircraft. His party-girl war bride Marie (Virginia Mayo) has little use for him, and he's drawn to Al's daughter, Peggy (Teresa Wright). When she announces that she's going to break up Fred's marriage, even her mother Milly (Myrna Loy) knows that Fred's straying, Homer's depression, and Al's drinking are related problems.
The Best Years of Our Lives set the a crucial tone for the immediate post-war period. Audiences conditioned to seeing Ginger Rogers (Tender Comrade) and Claudette Colbert (Since You Went Away) yearn for Victory to bring about a miraculous American Utopia, must have been disappointed when the real end to hostilities meant continued shortages, and new problems they hadn't expected. The men they got back from overseas didn't seem to be the same boys they had sent away. The mood became one of vague disillusion. What was it all about, when a generation had given so much, and the world had changed so little?
A lot of the content of Best Years was daring stuff. Alcoholism had been taboo until the previous year's The Lost Weekend. Using a real amputee to represent the hundreds of thousands of maimed veterans was considered distasteful, the kind of thing banished from screens since the days of Freaks. The emasculation of the Fred Derry character (especially in the face of bombshell Virigina Mayo) and his adulterous flirtation with Peggy, also raised eyebrows. Finally, the movie's frank views about callous business practices and a hostile work environment were a provocation that wouldn't be tolerated just a few years later.
William Wyler had an extremely delicate touch. His sensitive treatment of movies like Jezebel, The Little Foxes, The Letter, and Dodsworth had made sound work of very melodramatic material. Weighing in at almost three hours, Best Years is gripping from from the first scene to its last - and with no intermission. Every major character is a multi-dimensional human with faults and problems, strengths and limitations. The town of 'Boone City' was no idealized Andy Hardy-land, but a place of tight jobs and small minds, as Fred Derry finds when he has to return to soda-jerking in a drugstore. When daughter Peggy discovers that love isn't the answer to all problems, her parents admit that their own marriage hasn't been any picnic. Homer Parrish is dismayed to learn that his impairment is an obstacle that many small-town people can't deal with. And banker Al Stephenson begins to question the morality of an economic system that refuses to help the very veterans who fought to keep the nation together.
As a director, Wyler had a subtle yet recognizeable style, that with a great camera talent like Gregg Toland (Stagecoach, Citizen Kane) lends The Best Years of Our Lives a distinctive feel of its own. Most scenes are covered fairly directly, yet dramatic moments often employ extreme cinematic devices, as with the rapid trucking shots that underscore Fred's emotional breakdown in a mothballed B-17. The wedding in the Cameron house has a signature Wyler staircase,
Best Years has several scenes where Wyler stages his action in deep-focus depth, disposing of the necessity to use cutting. The most famous is Al's homecoming in his apartment house,
While looking for scapegoats for the failure of his It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra in his book The Name Above the Title gives grudging praise to best-picture Oscar competition Best Years. He likens it to the trend of hardboiled, mean-spirited, despairing and violent crime thrillers of the late 40s, that he found to be such an abomination. Savant always thought it telling that the king of Capracorn should quote the killing in Kiss of Death, the one where Richard Widmark pushes a wheelchair-bound grandmother down a flight of stairs, as a trend that soured movies like a bad stain. Funny that he was describing Film Noir without even knowing it. His own Wonderful Life has a self-contained Noir episode, the alternate-universe vision of an Evil Bedford Falls. Capra would seem to have been trying to reconcile his personal brand of romantic optimism, with this new kind of disillusion and anxiety.
Wyler's Lives definitely did go in the opposite direction from Capra's Life. Even its title places the 'wonderful' part of Life in the past tense. The Best Years of Our Lives is warm, but never goes soft, never settles for movie-star solutions to its problems. Its romantic conclusion has a bitter undertaste, and shows a realistic awareness of the unfairness of the world that qualifies it as Film Noir for non-criminals. The last dialogue line, delivered in a romantic kiss, is a hardboiled gem: "You know what it'll be like, don't you Peggy? It may take years to get anywhere. We'll have no money. No decent place to live. We'll have to work, get kicked around." Fade out.
MGM's DVD is the second time around for The Best Years of Our Lives, which came out from HBO video as a flipper near the beginning of the format. Visually, the new disc looks about identical, with a few digital artifacts, and a picture that seems to 'pop' every once in a while. It wasn't a big problem on the first disc, and it isn't on this one either. The dual-layer uninterrupted play is a definite advantage. Picture and sound are basically good; the fine b&w photography looks extremely attractive. The old disc did have some short docu-like intros, an extra that might make it a collector's item later.
On a scale of Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor, The Best Years of Our Lives rates: Movie: Excellent Video: Good Sound:Good Supplements: Trailer Packaging: Alpha case Reviewed: January 11, 2001
1. staircases figure prominently in almost all of Wyler's movies, with the most memorable scenes, often emotional climaxes, occurring on them: Bette Davis' plea at the end of Jezebel, Olivia DeHavilland at the end of The Heiress. You can quickly tell which half of Come and Get It Wyler directed - he did the house with the staircase, while co-director Howard Hawks did the knockabout scenes with the bar fights and communal singalongs.
2. It is implied that she has a pretty cozy illicit relationship with Steve Cochran, however ... Savant always wondered if the pair didn't leave Boone City and team up with Cody Jarrod a couple of years later, in White Heat!
3. The front for Al's fancy digs is located only a few blocks from Savant's home, not in Boone City, but Los Angeles, just East of the intersection of Highland and Beverly boulevards. Also ... note the fact that Al's son, who is so prominent in his first night at home, promptly disappears (did you hear a reason why?) and never returns. Savant always thought Best Years should be reinterpreted sometime as a murder mystery, like Twin Peaks. Who killed Teresa Wright's brother?


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His entourage calls him "the Prince," and after the militant Islamist takeover of a town in northern Mali last year, he liked to go down to the river and watch the sunset, surrounded by armed bodyguards.
Others call him "Laaouar," or the One-Eyed, after he lost an eye to shrapnel; some call him "Mr. Marlboro" for the cigarette-smuggling monopoly he created to finance his jihad. And French intelligence officials called him "the Uncatchable" because he escaped after apparently being involved in kidnappings in 2003 that captured 32 tourists and reportedly yielded millions in ransoms.
Mokhtar Belmokhtar, 40, born in the Algerian desert city of Ghardaia, is believed to be the mastermind of the hostage crisis at a natural-gas facility in eastern Algeria. Algerian officials say he mounted the assault on the facility and the mass abduction of foreigners; his spokesmen say the raid is a reprisal for the French intervention in Mali and for Algeria's quiet support for France's war on Islamist militants in the Sahel.
Belmokhtar has been active for decades in politics, fighting and the smuggling of cigarettes, cars, arms and drugs in the impoverished region that includes Mali, Mauritania and Niger.
It was the 1989 killing in Pakistan of Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, a Palestinian considered the "father of global jihad" and a mentor of Osama bin Laden, that prompted Belmokhtar to seek vengeance, he has said.
At 19 he traveled to Afghanistan for training with al-Qaida. Bin Laden made contact with him through emissaries in the early 2000s, said Djallil Lounnas, who teaches at Morocco's al-Akhawayn University.
Belmokhtar later named a son Osama and married the daughter of a prominent Arab leader from Timbuktu, Mali.
Described as taciturn and suspicious, Belmokhtar was one of the most experienced of the leaders of what became al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb until he broke away last year to form the "Signed-in-Blood Battalion," also known as "the Signatories for Blood."
There are stories that he lost his eye fighting in Afghanistan, but others say he lost it fighting Algerian troops in 1993, after the government annulled elections that were about to be won by an Islamist party.
Condemned to death several times by Algerian courts, Belmokhtar was falsely reported to have been killed in 1999. Nearly a decade later, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, which he joined, renamed itself al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM. Belmokhtar is considered to have been a key intermediary with al-Qaida.
But he clearly does not share authority easily, and left or was ousted as head of an AQIM battalion in Mali in October, reportedly for "straying from the right path," said a Malian official, quoting AQIM leader Abdelmalek Droukdel. The dispute was said to be about Belmokhtar's return to smuggling and trafficking.
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Looker ハンサム Handsome | |
Art from Platinum | |
Gender | Male |
Eye color | Brown |
Hair color | Black |
Hometown | Unknown |
Region | Unknown |
Trainer class | |
Generation | IV, V |
Games | Platinum, Black and White |
Anime debut | Frozen on Their Tracks |
English voice actor | Jason Griffith |
Japanese voice actor | Masaki Terasoma |
"Looker" (Japanese: ハンサム Handsome) is the codename for a character introduced in Pokémon Platinum. He was first announced in an issue of CoroCoro as an International Police officer on assignment investigating Team Galactic and its plans.
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In Pokémon Platinum, Looker is an important character, encountering the player multiple times over their journey across Sinnoh. He speaks with odd grammatical constructs, implying that he is not a native speaker of the national language; however, this is not present in the Japanese version. He first meets the player in Jubilife City, giving them the Vs. Recorder, and appears often when Team Galactic is near. His motives are clear: his mission is to stop Team Galactic from causing havoc in the Sinnoh region. He is then met again at the Valley Windworks, right after Team Galactic flee from the area. Disappointed in just missing them, he searches the area for clues, which leads him somehow to the Galactic Eterna Building, where Team Galactic have kidnapped Rad Rickshaw's Pokémon. Looker infiltrates the building by disguising himself as a Team Galactic grunt.
The player next encounters Looker at the Veilstone Game Corner, if one decides to look there. If not, then he will appear after the player and Lucas/Dawn battle the Galactic Grunts in front of the Galactic Warehouse. He leads the player into the warehouse and realize that the inner door is locked. He also finds HM02 (Fly), leaving the player to take it.
Looker will appear once the player goes to Team Galactic HQ and talks to the Grunt outside. He will reveal that he has the Storage Key and will tell the player to meet him in the Galactic Warehouse. Once there, he will open the door and go down to investigate.
Inside the headquarters, he will not be seen until the player reaches the meeting room, where he is seen eavesdropping on a gathering of members of Team Galactic. He will tell the player to listen to their meeting with him. When it is over, he will leave again.
Later, he gives the player a Black Flute when they are about to go off to the Spear Pillar.
When Cyrus retreats into the Distortion World, Looker shifts his investigation towards Charon, who has taken control of the team. This is because Looker stumbles upon Charon's notes of his plans back at the Team Galactic HQ. He is not seen again until after the player defeats the Elite Four, when they journey to Stark Mountain. Here he is seen in the final stages of his investigation, arresting Charon and ending Team Galactic's reign of terror once and for all.
After this, he can be found in the Veilstone Game Corner. He mentions that he wants to spend his remaining time in Sinnoh to teach new moves to his Pokémon.
Looker is shown to be quite good at disguising himself. His prime disguise is that of a Team Galactic grunt. At Stark Mountain, before he apprehends Charon, he disguises himself as a smashable rock.
Although he does not battle with or against the player at all during the entirety of the game, it is known that he has a Croagunk. He uses it to get the Magma Stone from Charon at Stark Mountain.
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Jubilife City (first visit)
- "WHAAAT?! ...How did you know? How did you unmask me as a member of the International Police?!"
- "...Heh. You claim you were only making conversation, do you? But, I know better not to believe that. No, no, no. You recognized right away that I was someone extraordinary. That is why you spoke to me, is it not? Your power of observation is fearsome! Quite admirable, you are! Now that my cover has been blown, let me introduce myself. I am a globe-trotting elite of the International Police. My name... Ah, no. I shall inform you only of my code name. My code name, it is Looker. It is what they all call me. Incidentally, is the saying, 'Don't be a thief!' familiar to you?"
- No:
- Yes: "Yes, that is correct. Taking what belongs to others is wrong. Unfortunately, there are apparently those who do not heed those words. In Sinnoh, in fact, there are criminals stealing the Pokémon of others. I have, therefore, been on the lookout for characters arousing my suspicion. Incidentally, you are Trainers, yes? Perhaps you can make use of this? That Vs. Recorder, it is a nifty device for recording a match. I obtained it because it is quite popular these days. But myself, I do not do Pokémon battling very often. It will be in better hands with you. Also, I have a request. If you were to see me again, I ask that you not talk to me, for I am on duty. ...Actually, yes, yes, you may speak to me. You must. Not because I am lonely, no, no! You must inform me of bad guys! You must inform me of any happenings!"
Jubilife City (second visit)
- "Ah, yes. I see that you have obtained it, a Pal Pad for yourself. I myself, a member of the International Police, the fighters of crime around the world, have one also. For it is what one must have to trade with Trainers around the world. Take that Pal Pad to the Global Terminal for trading on an international level! Anyway, there appears to be no one shady in this Jubilife City. I shall therefore take my investigation elsewhere. But, my friend, I suggest you remain vigilant for shady grown-ups!"
Valley Windworks
- "Ah, yes. It is you, yes. I have heard that the Team Galactic appeared at this power plant I have, therefore, come running. So, the Team Galactic. Where are they? ... You have run them off, you say? You are a Trainer, but...? Very well! I shall go investigate inside! Magnificent! Yes, it is! What you have said, it is all true! Superb! Though you are young, you are a Trainer through and through! Very well! I shall pursue the culprits! I have received tips that the Team Galactic hideout is in Eterna City. To there, I must be off!"
Galactic Eterna Building
- "Hello! It is me! Me! Hahaha! I have startled you, yes? I am, after all, an officer of the International Police. It is only natural that I be a master of disguise. ...Incidentally, you are a first-rate Trainer. Of that, I am very aware. I therefore think you will be OK, but I must warn you to be careful anyway. Also, a word of advice. This building, it has two stairs. One of them, a trap it must be. But the crooks of Team Galactic, they do not appear, how shall I say, smart. There should be an easy way to tell the stairs apart!"
Veilstone Game Corner
- "Ah, it is you, yes. I have decide to use opportunity of being here in Sinnoh. I am therefore trying to teach moves to Pokémon that I have captured. Also, if I have nothing to do, it means the world, it is at peace. ...Ack. My streak is broken."
Stark Mountain
- "Go, go, go!"'
- "Excellent work, CROAGUNK!"
- "Pah! Disguising myself as a boulder for stakeout was not easy!"
- "Now, old-timer, the International Police cordially requests your cooperation. I am sure you have much to tell us about the new Team Galactic. With Cyrus, Mars, and Jupiter gone, you are all that is left."
- "You can tell us all about it. We have plenty of time. Oh, no, no. No resisting arrest. You can't win three-on-one, no? OK, officers, over here, if you will."
- "He is an old man. This heat cannot be good for him. Quickly, take him somewhere cool. Yes, the cooler will do!"
- "<Player>! And you, unfamiliar boy! I wish to say something. First, it is too hot! Let us exit this environment!"
- "Whew! The air outside, it is delicious, yes! ...Gweh! Gah! Geff! Bleah! I have inhaled volcanic ash by the lungful! Now, you two. This is what they were after. The Magma Stone. Moving this is said to awaken the Pokémon HEATRAN. The old tales say that its awakening, it will make Stark Mountain erupt. ...But I have moved it. It is here. Will this cause the eruption?!"
- "That boy, he has quite the energy, yes? <Player>, I should tell you why I have arrived here. After we parted at Mt. Coronet, I investigated their hideout. I uncovered Charon's plot, which led me to a stakeout of this place. That Charon is now securely within our custody. It is safe to say the Team Galactic is a threat no longer. That being said, it looks like my work here is finally finished."
- "I, also, will take my leave. 'The more wonderful the meeting, the sadder the parting.' That is a quote I heard many years ago in a foreign land. Its meaning... I understand it better now. Farewell, <player>, my friend! Long may you cherish Pokémon!"
In Black and White
Looker is found in Pokémon Black and White, where he is assigned to capture the Seven Sages of Team Plasma after the events at N's Castle.
He first meets the player at their home in Nuvema Town, after the player defeats Team Plasma at N's Castle. He appears disguised as the player's mother, only to realize that he forgot to remove his disguise. He asks for the player's assistance in finding the Seven Sages, and gives the player a Super Rod.
Looker will appear upon finding each sage to take him into custody. After apprehending the final sage, Looker tells the player that N was seen in a distant land with a dragon Pokémon.
Nuvema Town
- "Incredible, really. Amazing, absolutely, meeting these two Pokémon of legend!"
- "Oh! I still wear my disguise! Pardon! Or, rather, let me introduce myself."
- "I am a globe-trotting elite of the International Police. My name... Ah, no, I shall inform you of my code name only. My code name, it is Looker. It is how I am called! Behind the scenes in this region of Unova, an organization called Team Plasma conspires... This I have heard, and therefore, to this region I must come, but... Thanks to the Gym Leaders and to you, yes, Team Plasma's castle has fallen. And the members, they have gone upon their separate ways! This is what I hear, most certainly!"
- "But, however! However, but... The ones known as the Seven Sages--still they hide themselves in the Unova region."
- "And so, in the end, it explains why I must ask this of you, Trainer of amazing skill! Travel the Unova region and search it up and search it down for the Seven Sages! Alder, the Champion of renown, recommended you to my notice. Are you willing to help me?"
- No: "Ah, ah! Yet once more shall I ask! If you please, travel the Unova region and search it low and high for these Seven Sages!"
- Yes: "Excellent! I thank you! Now I feel as if I have perhaps a million people on my side. Permit me to give this into your hands!"
- "Yes, correct! It is certainly a Super Rod!"
- "I see. It is truly <player>'s mama to ask so! What a magnificent question! I admire it. It is my pleasure to answer. Absolutely nothing!"
- "Yes, I shall provide the explanation of this, the Super Rod! First! Face the water and employ the rod! Second! Concentrate your focal point! When it occurs that these Pokémon bite, "!" will indicate. Immediately, reel in! For the rest, <player>, I depend upon you!"
Across Unova
- Upon arresting each sage (says one of these at random)
- "Ah... And now, about Team Plasma... I am an officer of the International Police, and there are so many things you must tell me at once!"
- "Regarding Team Plasma... I am an officer of the International Police, and you must satisfy request for certain information!"
- "Indeed! I am an officer of the International Police, and I demand to hear all you know about Team Plasma!"
- "On the topic of Team Plasma... I am an officer of the International Police, so you would be wise to share all you know."
- "Regarding Team Plasma... I am an officer of the International Police, and you must supply the information I request!"
- When there are still sages remaining (says one of these at random)
- "Accept my thanks! Now, Ghetsis notwithstanding, there yet remains but <number> of the Seven Sages still at large. What is it they are thinking, what it may be they are hoping, this is the information I pursue. Until we meet again!"
- "Accept my thanks! Now, Ghetsis notwithstanding, there yet remains but <number> of the Seven Sages still at large. They are thinking--upon what topics? They are hoping--upon what chances? This is of the utmost urgency! At once! On the way!"
- "Many thanks! Now, Ghetsis notwithstanding, there yet remains but <number> of the Seven Sages still at large. What is it they are thinking, what it may be they are hoping, this is the information I have need of. Until we meet again!"
- "Thanks many times over! Now, Ghetsis notwithstanding, there yet remains but <number> of the Seven Sages still at large. The thoughts they are contemplating, the hopes they are anticipating, these--these are what I want to know! Until our next meeting!"
- "Truly, I thank you! Now, Ghetsis notwithstanding, there yet remains but <number> of the Seven Sages still at large. Their innermost thoughts, their uttermost hopes... These I must and shall discover! Once more, a brief farewell!"
- When the last sage is arrested
- "Thank you a lot! Eh, <player>... On a topic I must speak to you. Having received such a report, of someone far from here, who has seen a person like N and...a dragon Pokémon. I am on my way to verify the veracity of this information. We will meet again one day!"
In the anime
Looker made his debut appearance in Frozen on Their Tracks. Ash and his friends met Looker while taking a train leading to Lake Acuity, and decided to help him distribute lunch boxes which he has bought too many of. He decided to investigate the reason behind the signal which caused the train to stop and discovered it was the doing of Team Galactic.
He appeared again in Gateway to Ruin!, investigating Team Galactic's activities in Mt. Coronet, as well as disguising himself as a grunt to blend in.
Looker made another appearance in Unlocking the Red Chain of Events!, having been captured by Team Galactic and held at the Fuego Ironworks. In The Battle Finale of Legend! Team Galactic members were arrested by him.
Looker had built an alliance with Team Rocket while trying to take down Team Galactic. Jessie, James, and Meowth like to refer to him as Boxed-Lunch Guy (Japanese: ランチボックスさん Mr. Lunchbox) because he gave them boxed lunches while on the Ampharos Train. That simple act left them extremely loyal to him.
He was set to make a comeback in two unaired episodes before they were indefinitely postponed.
Voice actors
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Looker appears in the Platinum chapter where he helps Platinum in her investigation of the Distortion World. In this canon, Looker has many gadgets known as the "International Police arms"; all of these gadgets are cheaply made and have a tendency to either fall apart or explode.
Looker first appears in the Diamond & Pearl chapter where he interrogates the two scientists that Diamond and Platinum had previously fought earlier in the story. In the Platinum chapter, Looker makes his appearance looking for his client, usually getting into humorous situations before doing so. He eventually meets up with his client, Platinum Berlitz and joins her in her quest to research information on the Distortion World so that she can rescue her original bodyguards Paka and Uji.
Looker joins Platinum as she goes through the various Battle Facilities and usually helps her when she is having trouble in them. In the Battle Castle, he manages to help Platinum with her money managing troubles and helps her defeat Darach. While Platinum goes through the Battle Arcade, Looker goes to help their ally Buck fight Team Galactic on Stark Mountain. After Platinum sends her Pokémon to go and help them while she goes through the Battle Factory; they eventually return but Looker and Buck are seriously injured.
After Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum control the legendary Pokemon who were rampaging inside the Distortion World, Looker appears, fully recovered, to arrest Charon, who has been using a machine with an ability to control legendary Pokemon. He later tgives chase to the other Team Galactic commanders until the International Police contacts him. He is ordered to head to Unova and investigate on the activities of the "Seven Sages" . Looker leaves immediately until remembering to give Diamond a Pokemon egg he recieved from the Pokémon Rangers in Fiore. He is last seen heading to Castelia City.
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Croagunk is Looker's only known Pokémon. Croagunk was seen as Looker arrives to investigate the two scientists. It later appears when Looker arrested Charon. | ||
Debut | VS. Dialga and Palkia V |
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga
In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga, he and Koya are on the trail looking for Hareta's father, Kaisei. Like in the games, he is also working for the International Police. His name in early chapters is Hansom, but he is later identified as Looker. In one chapter, he is able to identify Galactic grunts in the crowd before they launched a terrorist attack on the stadium; once the Galactic incident is taken care of, he tries to take Kaisei into custody.
In the Pocket Monsters DP manga
Looker has also appeared in the Pocket Monsters DP manga.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Looker in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a silver background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Looker's Investigation | Su | Platinum | 109/127 | Galactic's Conquest | 090/096 | ||
Character origin
It is possible that Looker's looks, attire, and general persona are derived from Koichi Zenigata, a fictional detective in Monkey Punch's anime series, Lupin the Third. Lupin the Third itself was initially released in Japan around the time that many of the highly ranked staff members of Game Freak were young.
Language | Name | Origin |
Japanese | ハンサム Handsome | The English word "Handsome." |
English | Looker | A colloquialism used to refer to someone good-looking; effectively a synonym for his Japanese name, Handsome. Synonymous wordplay for a watchman; or a guard or investigator of sorts. |
French | Beladonis | From bel, good looking, and Adonis. |
German | LeBelle* Looker* |
From French, means good looking. Same as English name. |
Italian | Bellocchio* Looker* |
Means good looking eye. Same as English name. |
Spanish | Handsome* Looker* |
Same as Japanese name. Same as English name. |
Korean | 핸섬 Handsome | Same as Japanese. |
Chinese (Mandarin) |
大帥 Dà Shuài (manga) 帥哥 Shuàigē (anime) |
大 (big/great) is a term used to refer to someone older. 帥 means "handsome". Literally means "handsome guy". Also means "handsome," as in a form of address for male. |
Anime characters | ||||||||||||
This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |


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The Beaufort County Board of Education today selected veteran North Carolina superintendent Jeffrey Moss to lead the district, subject to the two parties agreeing on a contract.
Moss, currently superintendent of the 9,850-student Lee County Schools in Sanford, N.C., was selected over Gloria J. Davis, superintendent of the 9,100-student Decatur Public Schools in Decatur, Illinoise.
"This was a very difficult decision for the Board because we had to choose between two excellent candidates," said Board Chairman Bill Evans. "Dr. Moss ultimately was our choice because of his strong commitment to technology and the history of academic improvements in the districts he has led. We repeatedly heard about his ability to get the most out of people and his ability to put the right staff in the right place to make the biggest difference in the lives of kids."
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Moss is a 30-year education veteran who began his K-12 career in Hoke County, N.C., where he worked as a teacher, as director of vocational and technical education, as assistant district superintendent for instruction and as technology and associate superintendent for curriculum and technology. Prior to becoming superintendent in Lee County, he served as superintendent of Beaufort County (Washington, N.C.) Schools for five years and as superintendent of Stanly County (Albemarle, N.C.) Schools for three years.
Among his accomplishments as superintendent in Lee County, Moss cited establishing a laptop computer program for all students and staff in grades 3-12, encouraging students to enroll in higher-level classes, and expanding career and technical education programs through apprenticeships and school-based academics. During his tenure, Lee County's on-time graduation rate increased dramatically and the dropout rate fell, particularly among minority and economically disadvantaged students.
Moss currently serves as the chairman for the Sandhills Regional Education Consortium and recently completed chairing a North Carolina Association of School Administrators committee on performance pay that resulted in a recommendation that was presented to the North Carolina General Assembly last month.
Moss was the recipient of the North Carolina Technology in Education Society 2011 Outstanding Leader Award and is currently a nominee for the International Society for Technology in Education Outstanding Leader Award. He was the 2012 Outstanding Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Administrator for North Carolina and is also a three-time nominee for the North Carolina Superintendent of the Year award.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from Pembroke State University, a Master's Degree from North Carolina A&T University and a Ph.D. in Education Administration from South Carolina State University.


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They used to contain 3 ounces each and now are 2.6. At least here in our area…
You wouldn't think 0.4 ounces would make that much difference, but I'm finding they no longer "set up" very well - unless you decrease the liquid in the recipe slightly.
Or maybe it's just me :)
Anyway, this recipe is from a 30 year old Amish cookbook and we've been making it a long time. I don't make it often, but it's always a hit when I do!
1 (28 ounce) can of pears
2 small packages of lime Jell-O
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 carton Cool Whip
2 cups boiling water
1-1/4 to 1-1/2 cups cold water/pear juice
Drain pears and reserve the juice for making the Jell-0. Place pears and cream cheese in a blender or food processor. Process until creamy and well blended.
Pour 2 cups boiling water over the gelatin in a separate bowl and stir gently until dissolved. Measure the reserved pear juice and add enough water to equal 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 cups** Stir the cold water/pear juice into the Jell-O.
While the Jell-O is still warm, pour a small amount into the food processor with the pears and cream cheese. Process until smooth, then stir this mixture into the remaining Jell-O.
Refrigerate. When it has partially set, use a whisk or hand mixer to whip in the Cool Whip. Refrigerate 2-3 hours more, or until completely set.
**Original recipe calls for 2 cups of cold water, but this results in the salad being too soft set... I find 1-1/4 cups to be just right :)
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Apprentice Destruction
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When most people start off as mages and level up their destruction levels they despereately want the "next-level" magic spell. However, where can one obtain these Adept, Expert and Master level spells? As for learning Adpet spells, they can be found in books that are scattered across Skyrim in dungeons and enemy mages. The easiest way, however is found in the College of Winterhold in the North Eastern part of Skyrim.
After starting the College of Winterhold questline First Lessons you need to find Farendal, the Destruction teacher at the College. She can be found in The Hall of Countenance. The Hall of Countenance can be found in the central courtyard in front of the main enterance to the College. Directly to the right of the front gate. Talk to her and ask here what she sells. Then navigate to her books section and select the spells you want. She carries a wide variety of spells and are added as your destruction level increases. For example, she will not have expert level spells when your Destruction Level is only 30.
Buy the new spells and use them. If you use Destruction often new spells will become availible to you and you can purchase them from Farendal.
Another way to gain Destruction spells (or any spells for that matter) is to do the College of Winterhold questline. The long and tough questline has mages throughout that you must defeat, and many books can be looted and found on the way. However, it is suggested that you do buy some Apprentice Level spells and a few Conjuration Spells in order to defeat the more difficult foes such as bosses.
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"And, after all, what is a fashion? From the artistic point of view, it is usually a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months"
Fashion is the continuing quest for the next great style. It is a puzzling force that can alter minds to find clothing, accessories, and perfumes that would seem completely ridiculous at any other time.
There are only four great modern styles. These are Couture, Glamour, Chic, Stylish and occasionally kittens, in that order. They supersede one another every "season" (a time period slightly longer than six months), at which time you need to replace your entire wardrobe, to remain fashionable.
Engineers are permitted to totally ignore fashion, as the world so needs their creative output. Attention to appearance (and to unpleasant odors) would simply be a distraction.
edit Origins of the term
Fashion comes from the word fascism. Fashion is similar and almost as popular but less glamorous. The concept of fascism was originated by famous Italian statesman Benito Mussolini. His notorious first fashion statement was that it would be cool to dress like the Nazis and perhaps take over all the factories. Mussolini did not extend this stance to growing an awkward toothbrush mustache.
Several years and one war later, Mussolini resigned from fashion. Europeans still remember his final statement, delivered from the catwalk:
" | Don't get me wrong; I totally love being in brutal and singular control of a powerful country, but over the years it has lost its jazz. I am just here to keep it fabulous. | " |
Fashion has not escaped criticism through the years. It has been compared to the dumbing down of boxing to Tae-Bo, which is boxing without the violence or beer. Like fascism, fashion is based on brutal control and with both your life is taken over and you are forced into line with everyone else.
edit France takes over
After the war, France retook control not only of France but of fashion. Much of our modern, outré fashion statements come from France, such as:
- Epaulettes, little mortarboards on each shoulder that make the wearer look more like a Nazi.
- Culottes (literally: "Up your ass!"), which are little skirts that you can't look up.
- Haute couture (literally: high cutting), a fashion that turned the maxi-skirt into the midi-skirt, then the mini-skirt, then higher and higher until it reached the level of the G-string.
edit Fashion au Go-Go
After France took back France, America took back France and assumed the lead in dictating world fashions. This was the au Go-Go period, which is French. Turtlenecks and leisure suits were in fashion. Thanks to advances in pharmacology, however, condoms were never worn outside the house.
edit The Muppets
Fashion later passed from America to Sesame Street, as gang leader Jim Henson, criticized by American television networks for the fact that all the said street's residents were not only naked but had someone's hand up their backside, sought to distract from this criticism using small articles of clothing and "educational messages."
To this day, pet owners will wash and dye their pet's hair and clothe them in everything from scarves to vests. Especially the poodles (referring here to the animals). The animals themselves consider fashion a necessary chore, on the order of rolling over on command, on the way to the next free meal. It is much less clear what the humans are thinking.
edit Femininity versus Feminism
Making one's self sexy was always a cherished fashion ideal. Sexy cave-women were always more likely to get film roles, such as Raquel Welsh in One Million Years B.C.
In the 1960s, however, both human history and the circular march of fashion came to an abrupt halt (right around the time of the stripes craze), when militant, hairy women decreed that it was unfashionable to be sexy.
Almost overnight, unsexy shows such as Godzilla and unattractive characters such as Mr. Potato Head enjoyed massive sucess. The Evening News fired its entire anchor desk of naked lesbian cheerleader anchorwomen and replaced them with boring men, many of whom had mustaches.
The move drew large protests from both sexy people and razor blade manufacturers, who claimed mustaches were the province of communists. Unrest reached a tipping point when the network changed its program "Desperate Naked Lesbian Cheerleaders" to "Desperate Housewives" and replaced young women with old women pretending to be young.
Generations later, singer Justin Timberlake declared in song that he was going to "bring sexy back" and lead armed stylists in a rebellion against the gorillas. The gorillas struck back with an audio editor, so that the song resembled a duet of a singing computer and a white noise generator. Justin's voice had changed, but the world would never know it. As we all know, Justin then quit the music business and turned to writing haiku poetry.
edit The Fashionista
The Fashionista was a fighting robot conceived by Stan Lee. The Fashionista fought in the Fashion wars alongside Scooby Doo's gang of crime solvers.
edit For more information
Women and gays are more interested in fashion than other people are. So are men from French Canada even if they are neither of the above. So, if you would like to know more, you should ask them. Although, if you are really interested in the subject, you probably are a woman or a homosexual and will have no trouble finding someone to ask.
edit See also
Things to hide your ugly body with that you think make you look pretty | |
Armor | Bikini | Black Tights | Bow tie | Bra | Clip-on tie | Clogs | Corset | Disguise | Dress | Flip-Flops | Glasses | Gloves | Goggles | Golf clothing | Halloween Costumes | Hats | Hood | Kilt | Knickers | Monica Lewinsky's Blue Dress | Pajamas | Panties | Pants | Polo shirt | Shoes | Skirt | Socks | Speedos | Thong | Towel | Underwear | Viking Metal | Zoot suit |


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Armitage, Jonette (nee: Ronca) 29, of Collings Lakes, passed away suddenly on August 30, 2008.
Raised in Collings Lakes, she attended Buena Regional High School, Class of 1997, and has been a resident of Millville for the past year. Jonette was a computer enthusiast with a talent for creating web pages, and also enjoyed baking. She will be sadly missed but never forgotten by her husband Jerry, her four children, Alexis, Destiny, J.J., and Ashley, her mother Mildred C. Ronca, eleven siblings, and numerous other relatives and friends.
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