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With Their Own Eyes: Photographers Witness the March on Washington
Photographers and relatives of photographers who captured images of the March on Washington will share accounts of the day and how it affected their lives at this Library of Congress symposium. Featured photographers include Bob Adelman, David Johnson and Keith Jenkins. After the symposium, tour the exhibit "A Day Like No Other: Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington," on view until May 31.
1-4 p.m. Library of Congress, Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. SE. 202-707-8938. www.loc.gov.
Martin Luther King Jr. program
On the eve of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, the Anacostia Community Museum will hold a program honoring the civil rights leader. Nicole C. Lee, president of TransAfrica, will be the keynote speaker and discuss the similarities between King and Nelson Mandela. The program also will feature performances by Lesole's Dance Project, a company focused on traditional South African dances.
7-9 p.m. National Museum of Natural History, 10th St and Constitution Ave. NW. 202-633-4820. www.anacostia.si.edu. Reservations required.
Igor Butman Moscow Jazz Orchestra
Saxonphonist Igor Butman leads the 16-piece Moscow Jazz Orchestra in a Millennium Stage performance. The orchestra's latestwork, "Special Opinion," is a 10-track compilation featuring music by composer and pianist Nick Levinovsky.
6 p.m. Kennedy Center, Millennium Stage, 2700 F St. NW. 202-467-4600. www.kennedy-center.org.
Author talk: 'Sisters in Crime'
If you love a good whodunit, this might be the program for you. Hear from Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, Tracy Kiely, G.M. Malliet and other authors who've made mystery their business. These "sisters in crime" will discuss their most recent novels and the practice of writing mystery fiction.
7 p.m. Charles Beatley Central Library, 5005 Duke St., Alexandria. 703-746-1702. www.alexandria.lib.va.us.
'Damage Control' gallery talk
Join curator Kelly Gordon for a 30-minute discussion on the work of the late Gordon Matta-Clark, one of the artists featured in the Hirshhorn exhibit "Damage Control," on view through May 26. The New York artist is perhaps best known for the work he produced in the 1970s known as "anarchitecture."
12:30 p.m. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Seventh Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-633-1000. www.hirshhorn.si.edu.
MLK Days: Message in a Bottle
In celebration of the life of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Annmarie Garden hosts a project where guests of all ages can participate in a community activity Saturday through Monday. Visitors are asked to reflect on King's "I Have a Dream" speech and write their own dreams for the world, which will be enclosed in a bottle and placed along the trails of the sculpture garden throughout March.
1-4 p.m. Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center, 13480 Dowell Rd., Solomons, Md. 410-326-4640. www.annmariegarden.org.
Artist talk with Sonya Clark
How we wear our hair can be a form of cultural expression and a celebration of heritage. For some it can even be art. Using such materials as hair, copper and beads, D.C. native and artist Sonya Clark's art explores the politics of hair. She discusses her career in this program at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
2 p.m. Smithsonian American Art Museum, McEvoy Auditorium, Eighth and F streets NW. 202-633-1000. www.americanart.si.edu.
Correction: A previous version of this week's Free and Easy included an Iyanla Vanzant event that took place last week.


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Big Fish Kill.....Steelheads
Apparently there is to be a total fish kill for the State Hatchery on the Bogachiel and Calawah, also Snyder Creek on the Sol Duc rumor has it that the rearing fish and adult brrodstock will all be nuked I would have said euthanised but I would probably misspelled it.
IHN is the culprit some of the fish will be replaced with stock from the Sooes (at Neah Bay) should be some news articles forthcoming |
Lets keep our fingers crossed they leave the hatcheries closed all together!
Now hear this
They claim it is only in the eggs that have been harvested for this brood year and is absent in the rearing fish. A miracle:roll:
Can someone post a link?
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Steelers get new extension for North Shore plan
February 18, 2014 11:06 PMThe city planning commission again is adding time to the clock for the Steelers to complete a proposal for more public open space adjacent to the Stage AE entertainment venue on the North Shore.
Commission members voted unanimously Tuesday to grant the team a third extension to submit a project development plan for the improvements, which would include landscaping and other architectural features. They now have until Aug. 5 to submit a plan.
When the Stage AE project was approved in 2009, the commission gave the Steelers three years to come up with a plan to increase the amount of public open space near the venue in keeping with the North Shore master development plan.
The Steelers have blamed the delays on their legal battle with the Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Sports & Exhibition Authority over the addition of 3,000 seats to the south end zone at Heinz Field, which is adjacent to the site.
The team filed a lawsuit in 2012 maintaining that the SEA was responsible for paying two-thirds of the cost, a claim the agency disputes.
City zoning administrator Susan Tymoczko told the commission the Steelers wanted the latest extension in hopes that the lawsuit would be settled "so that they'll be able to treat that space along with any changes to the stadium itself as sort of one comprehensive plan."
If no settlement is reached, a trial is scheduled in May.
Team officials declined comment Tuesday because of the litigation.
The area in question, at the corner of Art Rooney Avenue and North Shore Drive, now consists primarily of parking adjacent to the Stage AE lawn, which is part of the entertainment complex.
Ms. Tymoczko said the commission is interested in seeing more pedestrian-oriented public open space at that location.
If the Steelers don't submit a plan to make the improvements, the Stage AE occupancy permit conceivably could be in jeopardy, she said.
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A seminar on De-Addiction and Legal Literacy was organised by District Legal Services Authority, Amritsar at Central Jail, Amritsar on Saturday.
This seminar was organised under the guidance and supervision of HS Madaan, district and sessions judge-cum-chairman District Legal Services Authority, Amritsar.
At the seminar RS Bains, an expert on the subject of drugs guided the jail inmates through slide show about the impact of drugs on the person taking it and on his family and society.
Bains further explained the jail inmates as to how they can give up their habit of drug addiction. Speaking on the occasion Madaan said that this is one of the activities of District Legal Services Authority to help the jail inmates to give up their habit of drug addiction.
About 100 jail inmates attended the seminar.Besides, the para legal volunteers working in the jail on behalf of District Legal Services Authority Amritsar were also given their honorarium at the rate of Rs.250 per day and Madaan distributed their cheques to the volunteers.
District Legal Services Authority Amritsar through these para legal volunteers has provided free legal aid in the shape of services of advocates to about 225 jail inmates who were not represented by any counsel and were unable to get the services of advocates.


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General Forums >> The Lobby >> Police Ride-along
Police Ride-along
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Posted over 4 years ago Hello Everyone Today, I went to my local police station and I asked if they have a ride-along program. They said "yes, they do have a ride-along program and that in order to sign up for it, you have to email the chief of police with a reason for wanting to be involved in the program. The officer also mentioned that I should state the groups I am involved in because you cannot go for a ride-along just because you think it would be fun or cool. Well, the reason I want to go for a ride-along is to see if being a officer is something I really want to do. I mean I am positive that it is but I want to see what really goes on in a days work. I am also not involved in any groups or programs and I am just finishing my last highschool credits. So I am wondering if anyone can give me tips or advice on how to go about writing my police ride-along request. Also should I include any of this...I don't think that I will include the last one but want your opinions. - I have been a victim of assault and I sent the person to prison for a year and the station really admired the situation and pooled-together some of their own money to put towards an iPod Touch for me. - I also am responsible for my step-brother being in prison because he was involved in something that I felt the need to report because he was endangering his life and others. The reason I would consider adding the first information is because I am thankful and also because it inspired me to want to help others. The other reason I highly doubt I would add but I think both show that I have helped and had some connection with the department. Anyways thanks |
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| Posted over 4 years ago I don't think adding the situation with your stepbrother is really important to add. Just add who you are (high school student) and that you're considering law enforcement as a career. If you want to add how you respect LEO's from your experience, go right ahead. I think the Chief is probably trying to weed out trouble makers and those that might interfere with the department's mission and the patrolman's job. Just my two cents. |
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| Posted over 4 years ago Thanks for the reply, to be honest I only added that bit of information for everyone here to see if it can help relate to anything I should add. |
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| Posted over 4 years ago Just breathe, relax, and be honest with the Chief. Let him know where you're coming from (considering an LE career), are interested to see what actually goes on in the squad and on the streets, and to get a better idea of whether you and LE would be a good fit. If you're approved for a ride-along, remember: you're there to learn and absorb information. Ask good questions and listen to the answers. Realize that not all officers are enthused about riders, and that one day can be drastically different than the next. Wear business-casual clothes or whatever the Chief, Lieutenant or Sergeant deems appropriate. If allowed and you are financially able, ask your host officer if you can by him/her a cup of coffee as a thank-you for the opportunity. Kudos to you for taking the first step and asking. Hopefully your request is approved and you get to see what it's like. Good luck! |
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| Posted over 4 years ago I know I am probably overthinking this email to much but just want to know does this opening addressing who I am emailing seem appropriate. Greetings Sgt. John Smith I just think I should refrain from using "Dear" because it sounds like an opening I would write to my girlfriend lol. |
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| Posted over 4 years ago Tell them career interest. Dear is fine. |
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| Posted over 4 years ago You're overthinking it... lol Just be honest with the Chief. Say that you're interested in law enforcement as a career. As my colleagues have already stated - it's usually a way to weed out those that would interfere with the officer's job. And there's several departments that I've seen require you to do a ride along early in the selection process so you can see what life is like "on the beat". ~Stay Safe~ |
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| Posted over 4 years ago I think it is important so that you can have a brief understanding of the actual day to day operations. Actual Law Enforcement is pretty far removed from the stuff you see on TV. Murders are generally not solved in 46 minutes plus comercials. COPS, Police Women of .....County, and Alaska State Troopers generally require hundreds of hours of footage to fill a 30 or 60 minute program. It's hours of boredom, "routine" work interrupted occasionally by short bursts of "Oh Crap". From giving parents the worst news they will ever get in their lives, to saving someone's life. From explaining to your signifigant other why you have to cancel plans again and go back into work, to the times when on day 2 of your 3 day off schedule, you can;t wait to go back to work. Then you have Department politics, toxic leaders, "ME First" driven superiors, and the general public who want you when they need you, and will never appreciate what you do for a living. As we say in Resiliency training, you have to "Hunt the good". For most of us this takes work, but it makes quite a difference in the long term. Good luck with your ride along. I hope you are paired with an Officer who want to have a ride along for the shift, and not someone who was forced to take you. Ask questions, but know when to be quiet. Do not interfere with anything, but assist when asked to. Listen with both ears, and take notes for questions you would like to ask after the situation has been resolved. In a world where there are Sheep and Wolves,
I am NOT a hero
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| Posted over 4 years ago I am going to offer some additional advice. Keep the smell good to a minimum. I have experienced riders who over did the smell good and low flying aircraft could smell them. Second piece of advice. Once you complete the ride-along send a handwritten thank you note to the supervisor giving the officer an at-a-boy. Hand written not email. |
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| Posted over 4 years ago Scjohnk says ... Very good points! People seem to think that law enforcement is all "shoot 'em up" when alot of the job is spent bored out of our minds... Be prepared for alot of "hurry up and wait". And, I also hope you get an officer who wants a ride-along; I know alot of my partners don't want the liability and they get pretty gruff when they're forced to take someone out. Be respectful and let him/her do their job... watch and learn, but don't forget to ask questions after the situation is completely dealt with - to me, it's a very good learning experience. ~Stay Safe~ |


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This article is a guild information page for Ensidia of Tarren Mill Europe. The contents herein are entirely player made and in no way represent official World of Warcraft history or occurrences which are accurate for all realms. The characters and events listed are of an independent nature and applied for roleplaying, fictional, speculative, or opinions from a limited playerbase only. Guild pages must comply with the guild page policy. |
Ensidia is a horde guild on Tarren Mill EU. The guild was originally well-known for being comprised of former members of Nihilum and Curse, two top-of-the line guilds from The Burning Crusade that merged.
The merger occurred over a series of months in the fall of 2008. By the time BlizzCon 2008 came around, rumors began circulating between the members of Nihilum and their associates of a strife between their guild and the guild's partnership organization, Mousesports. Although the information was not entirely disclosed, it was apparent of the problems when the first rumors of leaving Mousesports occurred. No further information was revealed for an entire month to come.
At the same time, the guild members of SK Gaming's PvE squad were having problems with their organization as well. Finally, the guild parted from SK Gaming, due to "differences in interests". The guild once again changed its name to "Put Your Name Here" and simply stated that they had big plans ahead. It was unclear what it meant at the time, as the Nihilum: Mousesports MMO website became nearly vacant of its moderators and staff and what was said implied an enormous transition. For weeks nearing the eventual announcement, rumors of the split from Mousesports and a possible merge with the former SK Gaming squad persisted. Finally, on November 10, 2008, the twentyfifthnovember website was brought online and unveiled the new team comprised of Nihilum and Curse members, which opened its portal on April 15, 2009.
The PvE portion of Ensidia turned out to be extremely successful, pulling together more world first kills than other guilds combined. On September 12, 2009, it was announced that Ensidia would be transferring from Magtheridon EU to Tarren Mill EU. However, a few months later, on March 17, 2010, Ensidia transfered to Lightning's Blade EU to counter similar problems that prompted the first transfer. 25 of their members received a 72 hour ban after allegedely using exploits on their unrecognized world first kill of 25 man Lich King normal mode. Following being banned due to exploiting the 25 man normal mode Lich king fight it was announced, on April 12, 2010, that a number of their core players would be retiring from World of Warcraft altogether to focus on real-world affairs.
Ensidia has since disbanded.
Raiding historyEdit
World firstsEdit
Date | Boss | Screenshot | Notes |
15 Nov. 2008 | Sartharion | Sartharion | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Anub'rekhan | Anub'rekhan | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Grand Widow Faerlina | Faerlina | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Maexxna | Maexxna | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Noth the Plaguebringer | Noth | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Heigan the Unclean | Heigan | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Loatheb | Loatheb | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Patchwerk | Patchwerk | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Grobbulus | Grobbulus | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Gluth | Gluth | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Thaddius | Thaddius | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Instructor Razuvious | Razuvious | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Gothik the Harvester | Gothik | |
15 Nov. 2008 | The Four Horsemen | Horsemen | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Sapphiron | Sapphiron | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Kel'Thuzad | Kel'Thuzad | |
15 Nov. 2008 | Malygos | Malygos | |
15 April 2009 | Auriaya | Auriaya | |
15 April 2009 | Freya | Freya | Movie |
16 April 2009 | Yogg-Saron | Yogg-Saron | Movie |
1st May 2009 | Firefighter | Movie | |
3 June 2009 | Algalon | Algalon | Movie |
Nihilum is a horde guild on Tarren Mill EU, most notable for being considered the number 1 World of Warcraft PvE guild in the world for a long time and ending as the world champions for PvP.[1] Their Mousesports-powered website was found at www.nihilum.eu, and their IRC channel was located at #nihilum.wow on irc.quakenet.org. Nihilum was mostly made up of Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and German members. A large proportion of the members were playing WoW as their first MMORPG. Others were EQ1 and Lineage 2 veterans, and a few were ex-Counter-Strike players. At the end of Summer 2006, a large proportion of Nihilum members travelled to Gamers Paradise in Malmö, Sweden for a 5-day LAN event to promote World of Warcraft. They also attended a second such event in the beginning of July, 2007, called "The Electronic Sports World Cup", which was located in Paris, France. Their third, and last meet up were shortly after their partnership with German organization Mousesports, in Berlin. Their gathering lasted from the 25th July to the 31st July.
Raiding historyEdit
World firstsEdit
Date | Boss | Screenshot | Notes |
25 Apr. 2006 | C'Thun | C'thun | Approx. 22:30 CEST |
7 Sep. 2006 | Kel'Thuzad | KT | Movie |
28 Jan. 2007 | Doom Lord Kazzak | Kazzak | |
3 Feb. 2007 | Gruul the Dragonkiller | Gruul | |
16 Feb. 2007 | Hydross the Unstable | Hydross | |
24 Feb. 2007 | Magtheridon | Mag | Movie |
11 Mar. 2007 | Void Reaver | Void | Movie |
29 Mar. 2007 | Lady Vashj | Vashj | |
13 Apr. 2007 | Al'ar | Al'ar | Movie |
25 May 2007 | Kael'thas Sunstrider | Kael'thas | Movie |
25 May 2007 | Rage Winterchill | Winterchill | |
26 May 2007 | High Warlord Naj'entus | Najentus | |
26 May 2007 | Supremus | Supremus | Movie |
26 May 2007 | Shade of Akama | Akama | Movie |
26 May 2007 | Gurtogg Bloodboil | Bloodboil | |
26 May 2007 | Teron Gorefiend | Gorefiend | Movie |
2 Jun. 2007 | Reliquary of Souls | EoS | Movie |
4 Jun. 2007 | Mother Shahraz | Mother | Movie |
4 Jun. 2007 | Illidari Council | Council | |
5 Jun. 2007 | Illidan Stormrage | Illidan | Movie |
10 Jun. 2007 | Archimonde the Defiler | Archimonde | Movie |
10 Apr. 2008 | Eredar Twins | Eredar Twins | Movie |
EU firstsEdit
- Nihilum achieved the EU-first kill of Viscidus[2]
- On 5 March 2007, Nihilum achieved the EU-first kill of Leotheras the Blind
- On 6 March 2007, Nihilum achieved the EU-first kill of Fathom-Lord Karathress
- On 8 March 2007, Nihilum achieved the EU-first kill of Morogrim Tidewalker
- On 14 March 2007, Nihilum achieved the EU-first kill of The Lurker Below
- On 25 April 2007, Nihilum achieved the EU-first kill of High Astromancer Solarian[3]
Other notable achievementsEdit
Nihilum were the world champions of PvP from their BlizzCon 2008 tournaments. Nihilum also achieved the world first kills for every final boss of every 25-man raid from Gruul's Lair to The Black Temple, as well as Ahn'Qiraj and Naxxramas. The guild also claimed that it made all the world first kills within the raid dungeon of The Black Temple. Nihilum's spree of defeating every final boss ended exactly two years and one month since its beginning, with their future comrades, SK Gaming defeating Kil'jaeden from the Sunwell Plateau.
Female member controversyEdit
Nihilum had been the subject of controversy due to a comment on their website, a recruitment post on 17th March 2007, which said "girls need not apply".
On a WoWRadio interview with Nihilum, Awake and Ekke explained:[4]
- Awake
- It was an internal joke really, within the guild. There is nothing really to it, to say, because we don't mind female players. We don't mind females at all, it was just a mix-up with a php file.
- Awake
- We accidentally uploaded the wrong file, and we didn't really notice it until later, because as you can see female was still an option and because we already have a female member in our guild before that.
- Ekke
- We have one female currently, and there's no problem with her.
- Awake
- Drama goes both ways. Guys can be drama too, females can be drama, whatever. Anyone can be drama so, I just want to state obviously, that we have nothing against whatever gender you are. You can be an alien so long as you kick ass, you have a good personality and have good gear, we don't care.
The guild known as Curse had a long and checkered history as a contender in the World of Warcraft PvE scene. Starting simply by its original name, Curse on Stormscale EU, the guild was always a force to be reckoned with, often appearing on many pre-TBC lists and getting numerous server firsts. What really put their name out in the public was their superior mods website, Curse-Gaming, which originally was their complex guild website. However, their fame and fortune came after the release of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, when they had recruited a myriad of skillful players and picked up the pace seriously. Getting a few world firsts in the 4th and 5th tier dungeons helped their reputation. When the Black Temple and Hyjal Summit were released, they set out to conquer as many world firsts as possible. They were, however, at odds with Nihilum which took all the Black Temple world first kills and stole the world first kill of Archimonde. Afterwards, Curse joined up with the eSports organization, MeetYourMakers and interacted with them for awhile. This new partnership was poorly-organized and did not work.
However, good fortune came to the guild, as SK Gaming, one of the most prestigious gaming organizations in the world, had offered the guild the position as SK's PvE squad. So they united under SK Gaming's notorious banner and when the long-awaited final dungeon, the Sunwell Plateau was released, the newly-formed guild struck. They received all but one EU first kill, three world firsts, including the final boss, Kil'jaeden.
Raiding historyEdit
World firstsEdit
Date | Boss | Screenshot | Notes |
27 May 2007 | Kaz'rogal | Kaz'rogal | |
29 May 2007 | Azgalor | Azgalor | |
26 Mar. 2008 | Felmyst | Felmyst | Movie |
4 May 2008 | M'uru | M'uru | Movie |
25 May 2008 | Kil'jaeden | Kil'jaeden | Movie |
EU firstsEdit
- On 5 March 2007, Curse achieved the EU-first kill of Nightbane
- On 26 March 2008, SK Gaming achieved the EU-first kill of Kalecgos
- On 26 March 2008, SK Gaming achieved the EU-first kill of Brutallus
- ^ Quote from http://wow-europe.com/: "...you will be able to witness a World of Warcraft Arena exhibition game between France's best arena team, Millenium, and the best PvE guild worldwide, Nihilum, on Friday 6 July at 14:00 on the main stage.
- ^ http://nihilum.mousesports.com/en/image/44/
- ^ http://nihilum.mousesports.com/en/image/1910/
- ^ http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/03/27/wow-radio-interviews-nihilum/


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Engineer and Emprimus founder George Anderson.
by Dan Haugen
October 24, 2012
When George Anderson looks up, he sees national vulnerability.
It isn't asteroids that worry Anderson, and he's unconcerned about global warming. Instead, he thinks a cloud of magnetically charged gas is going to float down from the sky and scramble our electronics. Data centers from coast to coast will be erased in a flash. Airplanes will fall from the sky. Blackouts will plunge the country into prolonged food and water shortages, eventually leading to lawlessness and chaos. It sounds like the setup for a screenplay by Lost creator J. J. Abrams, but Anderson insists it isn't science fiction. He's stockpiling food for his family. He's also been pouring his personal fortune into a new company called Emprimus that is starting to be noticed, and that he hopes can help save civilization.
While he's not the only one who's alarmed about the risk, he faces stiff headwinds from a slow-to-change power generating industry. Can a business founded on an iffy doomsday scenario primed to occur as early as next year gain traction in time to make a difference?
Growing up in Minneapolis in the 1950s, Anderson was a math whiz whose hobbies included speculating on the whereabouts of flying saucers. He looked up at the sky, and also up to his older brother, Clifford, who would go on to become the third-generation leader of their family business, Crown Iron Works. George worked summers at Crown as a draftsman and pilot-plant technician while attending Stanford University, and became the primary engineer for Oil Seed Systems, Inc. in 1969 and chief engineer in 1975. He's spent decades designing seed oil extraction equipment for the likes of ADM, Cargill, and ConAgra.
It was a speech in early 2001 that would once again turn Anderson's attention to the heavens.
George's wife, Barb, had attended a talk by conservative pundit Frank Gaffney, who was sounding an alarm about America's vulnerability to electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attacks; the premise is that a rogue state or terrorist group could detonate one or more nuclear warheads in the upper atmosphere. The explosion wouldn't cause physical damage, but its gamma rays would create an energy field that would disrupt and possibly destroy electronic equipment within several hundred of miles.
Michael Crowley, writing in The New Republic, dismissed the concept in 2009 as "scientifically valid" but "not strategically realistic." It didn't gain much public attention beyond a small circle of neoconservatives who see the threat as real and have made preparing the country for EMP a Y2K-like cause. About 700 gathered at the Niagara Falls Convention Center in September 2009 for the EMPACT America conference, which attracted 2008 Republican presidential contenders Mike Huckabee and Newt Gingrich as keynote speakers. The same year, Gingrich co-authored a science-fiction novel set in the aftermath of an EMP attack on America.
George Anderson says he was skeptical at first, but after a meeting with Gaffney he was convinced that "this was serious business."
Anderson spent the next few years researching the EMP threat and sharing his findings with whomever would listen, including members of Congress. He got a packet of EMP information into the hands of Mitt Romney after meeting him briefly in the Twin Cities.
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In early 2008, Anderson concluded that Congress was unlikely to act to protect the country from EMP unless he could offer tangible solutions. He decided to found Emprimus, hired risk management consultant Gale Nordling as CEO, and set out to help banks, hospitals, and other institutions prepare for an EMP attack. The pitch: Hire us to help reinforce your data centers with metal walls and ceilings to protect them in the event of a nuclear explosion in the upper atmosphere. Ultimately, it was a message people weren't ready to hear.
"At first they would be petrified," says Nordling, describing the early sales calls. "Then they'd look at us and be like, 'There's just no chance we're going to do that.'"
Nordling says the custom solutions St. Louis Park–based Emprimus were offering were complicated and expensive. The company decided to retool around standardized, easy-to-install products. It also de-emphasized EMP in their sales pitches and instead focus marketing on a more widely accepted risk: solar storms.
The electronics-disrupting energy field that would accompany a nuclear explosion in the atmosphere happens to resemble the energy associated with geomagnetic storms, also known as solar storms. They're a regular phenomenon caused by explosions on the surface of the sun. The bursts spew gamma rays and clouds of charged particles, which usually fly off into outer space without affecting us. Once in a while, though, these storms cross paths with Earth, where they create vivid light shows in the sky and, in rare instances, can damage satellites, cause radio interference, and even power outages.
On March 13, 1989, one of the largest solar storms in modern history knocked out power to more than 6 million customers in Quebec. Strong solar storms can happen at any time, but their frequency rises and falls on an 11-year cycle. The next peak is due in 2013, and society today is more dependent on sensitive electronics than it was at the height of the previous cycle. That's helping to spur public anxiety and speculation about whether our 21st-century digital world is ready for a major solar event. Anderson believes a product that Emprimus designed for EMP protection could help prepare utilities for major solar storms, too.
In the past several months, there's been an increase in the number of people contacting Blue Line to prepare for a disaster, but it's not due all that much to the Mayan calendar's end on December 21, predictions of giant solar flares in 2013, possible pandemics, or other, more typically discussed concerns. Rather, Johnson says, it's more often due to concern about a possible financial system meltdown: "The people we deal with are pretty self-sufficient, and they want to be able to take care of themselves and their family should the economy completely collapse."
What are they stocking up on right now? Firearms and ammunition. "Ammunition is running out at a lot of the stores we work with," Johnson says, which are independents, not retailers like Gander Mountain. His customers also are thinking about items that can be traded.
"If all of a sudden there's some big issue that lasts for more than a few weeks, money isn't going to matter as much as what you can trade," Johnson says. Instead of stockpiling cash, people are better off building up a stash of items with which they can barter, such as tools, water filters, portable stoves, and "anything else one can use to aid oneself or your family."
What could happen in 2013 when solar activity peaks? Maybe nothing. The strongest flares could miss Earth entirely. Or it could be something modest, similar to what happened around the last peak in 2002, when geomagnetic currents caused a blackout in Sweden and put GPS systems on the fritz. Airlines rerouted flights to avoid radio interference and high radiation levels.
The worst-case scenario may be a repeat of the 1859 Carrington Event, the most extreme space weather event on record. Named for the amateur astronomer who documented the storm, the flares created auroras so bright that campers woke up in the middle of the night, thinking it was morning, and began cooking breakfast, the Rocky Mountain News reported. Telegraph machines burst to life, producing "fantastical and unreadable messages," the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin said.
"While the socioeconomic impacts of a future Carrington event are difficult to predict, it is not unreasonable to assume that an event of such magnitude would lead to much deeper and more widespread socioeconomic disruptions than occurred in 1859, when modern electricity-based technology was still in its infancy," concluded a 2008 report from the National Academy of Sciences.
Just how deep and widespread the disruptions would be is a subject of debate and speculation. Anderson and Nordling believe that the perfect solar storm would be nothing short of an apocalypse. "At best, it's the loss of civilized life," says Nordling. "You have no water. You have no heat. You have no light. You have no food. It's chaos quickly. The best thing to do is to get out of town—and you better have a weapon with you."
The presentation comes off like a cross between a door-to-door salesman and a fire-and-brimstone televangelist. The reason things would become so bad, so fast, is that an EMP attack or major solar event, they say, would destroy electric transformers—critical equipment that adjusts voltage as electricity travels from power plant to outlet. Anderson's nightmare scenario cascades from there: Without transformers, there's no electricity. Without electricity, there are not only no lights but also no pumps to move water and fuel; without fuel there's no transportation; without transportation there's no distribution of food and other supplies; and without those essentials, there are riots and violence. The lead time for acquiring a large transformer is more than a year, which means parts of the country would stay in the dark for several years.
Anderson has bought each of his kids dozens of canned meals that won't expire for 25 years. He has his own stockpile, not to mention leftover inventory from the recently shuttered American Pantry division of Emprimus. The unit sought to sell the canned disaster-survival meals online, but lack of sales prompted Anderson to shut down the operation in September.
For water, Anderson plans to fill his bathtub as soon as the event occurs and seal the drain with cellophane to ensure that none leaks away. He also figures his home water heater will hold a decent supply of water to last several days. He's coy about the rest of his preparations, such as whether he has guns or a safe room. "I think, generally speaking, you don't advertise much what you're doing."
All of this might be avoided, however, if Emprimus can sell enough of its new product, Anderson says. The company has designed a $250,000 piece of equipment that it says can protect transformers from EMP attacks or solar storms. The Solid Ground system will detect the presence of either threat, and reroute power through a bank of capacitors that block the interference. Emprimus recently licensed the design to ABB, one of the world's largest sellers of electric utility equipment, which consulted on Solid Ground's design.
ABB sees enough promise that it iswilling to put its name and sales force behind the product, but a senior sales official admits that questions remain about its necessity and best use.
"The transformers themselves, especially new ones, are not vulnerable," says Bart Gaskey, ABB's vice president of sales for the northeastern United States.
The solar storm discussion is a relatively new one in the industry, Gaskey says, and ABB has redesigned equipment in the last decade to ensure it is safe to operate during a geomagnetic disturbance. Older transformers would probably not be damaged, either, he says, though there's less certainty about 40- or 50-year-old units operating past their intended life spans. "The bottom line: At this point it doesn't appear to be a doomsday prophecy."
Anderson estimates that 1,000 of the nation's 2,100 high-voltage transformers need to be upgraded to protect the United States from a huge solar storm; ABB's Gaskey thinks there may be nearly that many aging transformers.
Where ABB sees a market is in retrofitting some of those old units, where the Solid Ground system could serve as affordable extra insurance. "It's definitely a belt and suspenders," says Gaskey.
ABB and Emprimus have visited about 20 potential customers in North America. Gaskey declined to share sales projections and noted that more study is needed to demonstrate the benefits and prove the product wouldn't have negative side-effects elsewhere on the electric grid.
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For the first time ever, and in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the magazine, the Barbie doll is featured on the cover and in the pages of the annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. As you may be well aware, both Barbie and Sports Illustrated have been criticized in the past over their depictions of the female form and over claims that they offer a skewed and unrealistic impression of female beauty. As such, the two entities have teamed up for this new collaboration and have dubbed the promo campaign #Unapologetic. On the one hand, I can absolutely understand how this pairing could make for a genius marketing move (after all, almost everyone is very familiar with Barbie, the SI Swimsuit Issue or both) but, again, I expect that critics will have a field day with this #Unapologetic collaboration. Click below to get your first look at Barbie on the cover of this year's SI Swimsuit Issue and learn more about this historic pairing.
TWO familiar brands that have for decades been the targets of complaints about their depictions of women have joined forces for a promotional campaign that tells critics they are proudly "unapologetic" about who they are. The brands are Barbie, sold by Mattel, and the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The campaign is centered on the 50th anniversary edition of the issue, which is to come out next Tuesday, and presents Barbie as a doll-size version of the magazine's supermodels like Tyra Banks and Christie Brinkley, clad in a new version of the black-and-white swimsuit she wore when introduced in 1959. "Unapologetic," the theme of the campaign, is underlined by its use, with a hashtag in front, in social media like Twitter, as well as on a billboard in Times Square. "As a legend herself, and under constant criticism about her body and how she looks, posing in" the issue "gives Barbie and her fellow legends an opportunity to own who they are, celebrate what they have done and be #unapologetic," Mattel said in a statement on Tuesday. The partnership includes a four-page advertising feature in the magazine, photographed by Walter Iooss Jr., who has been shooting the magazine's (human) swimsuit models for four decades; video clips; a cover wrap that will appear on 1,000 copies of the issue, declaring Barbie to be "The Doll That Started It All"; a limited-edition Sports Illustrated Barbie, to be sold exclusively on Target.com; and a beach-themed party on Monday night in Lower Manhattan. The alliance of the two brands ignited an online debate on Tuesday over the images of both Barbie and the swimsuit issue. Mattel has long contended with complaints that Barbie, with her lithesome figure and focus on fashion, is not a positive role model for girls. At the same time, Sports Illustrated is no favorite of some critics who believe that the swimsuit issue objectifies women … Mattel has been reaching out for some time to other brands to help its efforts aimed at redefining Barbie's image, making the doll more appealing to contemporary consumers and addressing concerns that Barbie promotes unrealistic attitudes about the female body. Other examples include a campaign promoting a new Barbie beach house, which included the Bravo series "Million Dollar Listing: Los Angeles" and the real estate website Trulia, and the introduction of versions of Barbie (and Ken) styled after characters on the AMC series "Mad Men." "We're always challenging ourselves to think differently about Barbie and how we can continue to keep her relevant," said Lisa McKnight, senior vice president of marketing for North America at Mattel in El Segundo, Calif. Mattel is trying to do for Barbie what Sports Illustrated has sought to do for years on behalf of the issue: leave behind perceptions of babes in bathing suits and compare Barbie to swimsuit alumna like Ms. Banks, Ms. Brinkley, Kathy Ireland and Heidi Klum, who are celebrated for their accomplishments as entrepreneurs and career women. "We're focusing on the legendary women of Sports Illustrated who, like Barbie, launched their careers in a swimsuit," Ms. McKnight said … "Unapologetic" is a word that Mattel executives use internally, Ms. McKnight said, and "this is the first time we're engaging in a conversation publicly." The efforts at Mattel to reshape Barbie's image may be taking on added urgency after sales results during the crucial holiday shopping season, which fell short of expectations among investors and corporate management. "The reality is, we just didn't sell enough Barbie dolls," Bryan G. Stockton, chief executive, said in a conference call with analysts on Jan. 31. Sales of Barbie fell 13 percent in the fourth quarter compared with the period the previous year. The partnership with Barbie is "a very exciting creative collaboration," said John Joannides, associate publisher at Sports Illustrated in New York, published by the Time Inc. division of Time Warner, "one icon to another" … Mattel paid for the opportunity to integrate Barbie into the commemoration of the anniversary; Mattel and Sports Illustrated declined to be more specific.
In terms of marketing and advertising, this is a smart move on both ends … tho, I think, Sports Illustrated comes out as the smarter of the two. SI was paid a handsome fee to put Barbie on their cover and will enjoy massive amounts of attention as a result. This is a total win/win situation for SI. For Mattel and Barbie, I think it's less of a smart move (even tho my guess is that the collaboration with SI will prove fruitful). I guess the problem that I see is that a doll that is marketed for young girls is also being advertised on the cover and in the pages of a magazine that is not marketed to young girls. What does it say to a 10 year old when she sees her favorite doll in a magazine that features scantily clad women as well. Does the young girl become empowered from such imagery or does she learn that the "ideals of female beauty" rely on "perfect" body proportion in bikinis? It's an interesting question. It's clear that Mattel has been #Unapologetic for years but I also find it striking that they are now willing to be so open with the use of the word. It's like they're saying, We know some of you won't like this particular ad campaign but we're not sorry … and, essentially, We don't care. That doesn't seem like a smart way to entice sales of your product. Even if they feel a certain segment of consumers won't buy their Barbie dolls, why poke those consumers with a stick by saying, We're not sorry that you are offended? In purely pop cultural terms, this is a historic move for both brands. The marriage of Barbie and the SI Swimsuit Issue is a match made in heaven where pop culture is concerned. Tho, even still … I'm very curious to hear what parents of young girls who play with Barbies think. Is this a matter that bothers you parents? Or, in your opinion, is it now big deal?


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In the epic sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The School for Good and Evil, Sophie and Agatha are home, living out their Ever After. But life isn't quite the fairy tale they expected.
When Agatha secretly wishes she'd chosen a different happy ending, she reopens the gates to the School for Good and Evil. But the world she and Sophie once knew has changed.
Witches and princesses, warlocks and princes are no longer enemies. New bonds are forming; old bonds are being shattered. But underneath this uneasy arrangement, a war is brewing and a dangerous enemy rises. As Agatha and Sophie battle to restore peace, an unexpected threat could destroy everything, and everyone, they love—and this time, it comes from within.
Soman Chainani has created a spectacular world that Newbery Honor-winning author Ann M. Martin calls "a fairy tale like no other, complete with romance, magic, and humor that will keep you turning pages until the end."
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After a 10-day cooling off period known as the Fourth of July recess, House and Senate members came back to steamy, hot Washington, D.C. July 9 to do exactly what most Americans expected them to do: Spew more steamy, hot bilge at each other.
These folks are, after all, seasoned professionals when it comes to contempt. Their default mode is detonate, not debate. They throw grenades at each other, not ideas; they break, not build.
As such, Capitol Hill now reigns as the global capital of crazy and the only thing that runs on any kind of a reliable schedule there is the crazy train. Everything else — civility, compromise, citizenry — is swallowed whole by the city's growing population of puffed-up gasbags, preening show horses and braying jackasses.
The biggest, most recent victim of this baloney-powered approach to governing is, again, the farm bill. The July 11 vote by the House to pass its Republicans-only, no-food-assistance version was a hypocrisy-dripping exercise of ugliness.
As the divisive bill was being written — without one hearing, witness or Ag Committee vote — behind closed doors by a handful of GOP leaders, 532 farm groups swung into action to publicly note their displeasure.
Their big move?
They wrote a letter to Speaker John Boehner asking him and his Republican buddies not to do it. Egads! A letter! What's next, the old wet noodle smack-down?
House Republicans are dowsing farmers, ranchers and rural America — not to mention 47 million Americans currently receiving, on average, $4.39 per day in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — in partisan bile and the best Big, Small and In-Between Ag can do is send a letter to "urge" the Speaker to stop?
And make no mistake: House Republicans are responsible for today's Farm Bill mess. Minority Democrats in the House couldn't pass the time of day without Republican votes. That's a fact; that's reality. There are more facts that lead to a greater reality.
For example, by tradition, House Speakers rarely vote. Yet on both 2013 House Farm Bill votes, Speaker Boehner not only voted, he voted yea each time — first for the failed, comprehensive bill brought forward by a bipartisan coalition of Ag Committee members and, second, for the built-in-the-dark, GOP-only bill that excludes SNAP but includes more money for farm programs.
Similarly, 40 of the 62 tea-tinged GOP House members who voted against the Ag Committee's comprehensive June bill because it was too expensive literally turned on their heels and voted for the no-SNAP, more expensive farm program bill in July.
Also, after the 216-208 party line vote July 11, several House Republicans said they voted for the no food aid bill so Senate and House ag leaders might begin negotiations to marry each chamber's version before the start of a month-long August recess.
That explanation quickly turned into Grade A baloney, however, after it took House leaders more than five days to walk their bill a few hundred feet across the Rotunda to the Senate.
Moreover, on July 15, a day before the no-SNAP House bill finally arrived, Senate Ag Chair Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., wondered what to do with it with it when it did finally show up. Talking to reporters on a conference call, Stabenow predicted the narrow House winner would be a big Senate loser.
"First of all," related Stabenow, "we could not pass that (bill) through the Senate, nor would the president sign that kind of bill. It would be a major mistake on policy, and it would be a major mistake in getting a bill done because it wouldn't get done."
Two days later House Ag Chair Frank Lucas was again fumbling for a way forward with the mess he helped create by agreeing to the no-SNAP House bill. On July 16 he said the joint Senate-House Farm Bill Conference was on; on July 17 he said it might not be on.
Which confirms an earlier point: The only thing on Capitol Hill that runs on time anymore is the crazy train.


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Watch the sky Saturday evening as the moon rises. A total lunar eclipse will have begun already. It will be the second total lunar eclipse in 2003.
"Not in recent memory have we had two lunar eclipses visible from the same location," said Colorado Mountain College astronomy professor Jimmy Westlake. "It is not unusual to have two eclipses, but they are usually visible from (different locations)."
The last pair of total lunar eclipses visible from Steamboat in one calendar year happened Feb. 20 and Aug. 17, 1989. It isn't expected to happen again until March 3 and Aug. 28, 2007.
Eclipses are the natural result of objects in space, orbiting each other and occasionally casting shadows on each other. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon, completely covering the moon with its shadow.
There can be a potential maximum of seven eclipses in one year -- including solar and lunar. There will be one total eclipse of the sun this year, but you have to be in Antarctica to see it, Westlake said.
The smoke in the air from California wildfires probably will not have an effect on the color of the penumbra -- the ring of light that circles the moon at totality.
"The color is the result of sunlight going through the Earth's atmosphere," Westlake said. "It can be affected by smoke, clouds or volcanic ash, but on a global scale, the (California wildfires) are not that big a phenomenon."
The eclipse begins at 6:06 p.m., which means it already will be in progress as the moon rises, Westlake said. Shortly after it gets above the horizon, it will reach totality.
"It will last for 25 minutes, which is a short one, as far as eclipses go. The moon will take about one and a half hours to come out of the shadow."
Sky watchers will need to find a place with a clear view of the eastern horizon right after sunset.
"The farther east you go, the better it will be for this eclipse," Westlake said. "We are straddling that line. We will be seeing it, but it will be low in our sky."
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2011-12-10, 16:44 | Link #63 |
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I like how they were able to show how Saber, a somewhat naïve girl that had to become a king (queen, whatever) has a totally different point of view from what I consider to be a more "down to earth" king like Rider. Not only is Rider awesome in his actions but his words are also epic.
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The whole deal with Rin's episode has really nothing to do with this episode, aside perhaps the budget (which is questionable, since Ionian Hetairoi was depicted quite accurately with tons of details with the army). Now let's go back with the actual structure: you CANNOT animate a show with several hours span in mind. As archer and lunarmoon stated: the actual pace has to follow the actual limitations apposed by the current format, which is 22 minutes (hell, they even cut the OP for this episode). Unless the flow and the pacing allow a 2 episodes span, it is not advised to go on ridiculous lengths and keep things essential. What other options did they have for a TV broadcast episode of 22 minutes? Splitting the talk and Iskandar's reality marble showndown? Nonsense considering the actual connection between both scenes. It would be terribly asinine to have the climax shut off when Iskandar gets ready to respond to Assassin assault to have a "to be continued". While other confrontations such like first Saber VS Lancer could work on an early part of an episode, it was because of the actual tone and purpose of the fights, along with its consequences. Here we would have been disconnected with the talk done -a week ago-. And saving 1 episode for the talk and 1 episode for Iskandar's tour de force would be nothing short of a huge drag, however impressive it could look. In fact, it would just be ostentatious and arguably spread the tension caused by Iskandar going gung ho.
2011-12-10, 17:03 | Link #66 |
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What I don't understand is why the Assassins suddenly decided to drop their stealthy activities and attack the three strongest Servants head on. I bet even Gilgamesh alone could handle all of them. It just makes no sense. Unless Kirei intentionally sent them on a suicide mission or something.
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Now remember that Gil wouldn't attack them since Assassins are part of Tokiomi's scheme. That's the reason why even Rider asked him if it was his doing. Also, Saber is in crippled state, thus overwhelming number can mean severe troubles, as shown in previous episode with Casters' minions. Finally, Rider himself is a huge unknown factor, since he's never shown anything past his chariot NP. So there is no way to figure if he is a top servant or not, regardless how famous Alexander the Great was.
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^ Assuming they could make a well paced "full talk" episode, the problem would be the next episode with Rider having fun with his army: it would deal a huge blow regarding the harsh contrast between Rider and Saber's kingship. It would turn such episode into something that bases only on Rider's prowess, instead of escalating the argument into the crystallization of Rider's words: the said mindset materialized through the reality marble.
Also, as I stated before: Rin's adventure really has no impact whatsoever to this episode, aside the budget, possibly. The fact it is there or not wouldn't change that you need both talk and Ionian Hetairoi in the same episode to get the point across for Rider, but also Saber's character, being shaken despite how she was depicted so far. In a perfect world, this episode should have been 30 minutes long, but that's really not possible considering the limitations. You can say they at least made sure every important portions made it through for the TV broadcast, even suppressing the OP.
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If they cut the Opening and Ending, they would have had more time to put in some things. But that's impossible I assume, so limitations really did take a toll on what would be placed in this episode. Now if they placed it in the Blu-Ray, then that would help sales in some manner of form.
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Well, it's seems that people really loved it (aside some few exceptions) so here is my opinion as novel reader.
Aside of off-models here and there, I loved it. Iskandar and Arturia clash of ideals was really well made, you even can see how Iskandar words are piercing her soul. And Ionioi Hetairoi was really detailed, with a superb and strong scene. Quote:
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2011-12-10, 18:57 | Link #75 |
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Enjoyed this episode, but the animation of their faces was so weird like in a hurry. Saber's resolve was shattered by Rider's words. Archer find it interesting that Saber was clinging on to a foolish dream and making sure she can break out of that despair. Rider's Noble Phantasm was awesome though, summoning his army within his terrain.
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Rider is just AWESOME. Best Noble Phantams EVER.
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Why the hell did assassin show up there... death wish... again
Mainly Saber and Gilgamesh, but still not that bad F/SN was far worse and way more often. Production quality is still above average. Hm, interesting Alexander is not followed by his main army, the macedonian phalanx, but by mercenaries and slaves in his reality marble Also WTF, Alexander, we never used those over-engineered crap to drink wine back in Hellas Quote:
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2011-12-10, 19:31 | Link #79 |
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I love how Sabre always get destroyed about how dumb her wish is. Get back in the kitchen!
Also lol'd @ Rider's last line to Sabre and totally dismissing her voice totally. Rider stole the show in both talk and action this episode. I liked Gil's manner, he's still super arrogant, but he's having a lot of fun just sitting and drinking with them. I think he's just lonely, and he covers it up with his arrogance and stuff. He just wants friends. Assassin bunch, what a complete waste..even wtih crippled thumb, I think Sabre could have taken all 98 on. Only reason she had trouble with casters minions was because they were endless. If there was a definite number, it would have been over quickly.
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The main reason why Assassins were slaughtered by Rider's army, aside from the arguably larger numerical advantage, is that they have -nowhere- to run / hide / use etc. Should they be able to stalk in the shadows, hit & run strategy would be viable, but it isn't the case. That and the fact they lost their formation and position due to Ionian Hetairoi displacing both parties completely once in the Reality Marble. It is a "what if scenario", but it wouldn't be surprising if Saber would have trouble to deal with them if they were in a normal environnment with tactics being possible. Crippled Saber would only be able to rely on her crippled swordsmanship and Strike Air, which is potentially not enough with sentient enemies.
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Kiddie-SADS-E | Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Aged Children, Epidemiologic Version |
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