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Montague & Cape-ulet
Added Oct 11, 2012
by alekat
Sydney, Australia
So I felt pretty slack for posting lots of summery pics whilst you northern hemespherians are moving into Autumn, so here is my cape that I made in MY autumn that is based off Burdastyle pattern – Lindsey #6055
I used a dark forest green corduroy for the outside and matching green gingham for the inside lining. This is the second time I have ever actually used lining and I used plain cotton, which isn't actually very good for lining as it doesn't move over my clothes easily or hang very well. But, it is very warm!
I closed the cape with wooden toggles which don't actually allow the cape to close tightly, so I added hooks and eyes on the inside to keep the cape all together.
I did wear this cape quite a bit during winter, but its not my favourite creation. Mainly because I'm constantly adjusting the way it sits on me and the pockets are too small.
(BTW – Project number 50!!!)
see more at my blog Sewing The 60s
Material Notes
Corduroy and Cotton Gingham
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Oct 14, 2012, 11.46 PMby devoec
so lovely!!
i'm thinking of getting the pattern you based this off of to make my own cape. were the pattern instructions good? i always like to check before buying
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Oct 14, 2012, 11.59 PMby alekat
thanks! Yeah the intructions were pretty easy. i didnt read the instuctions much actually until i needed them to understand the pockets. they can be kind of tricky if you havnt done them before. and the lining was the easiest lining ive ever done – just make sure you use actual lining fabric!
Oct 11, 2012, 11.22 AMby Mary Athey
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GIF HackingSeptember 08, 2004
Common knowledge says that modifying a compressed image is a bad idea. Not always, though.
A somewhat bad habit I've fallen into over time is making an adjustment to a GIF file without modifying the Photoshop source. I open a GIF directly, edit the pixels in situ, and then overwrite the original. The GIF becomes my source, as the original PSD file that it was generated from falls further out of synch.
Of course, the classic wisdom of common web file formats is that if you're going to edit an image, you have to re-create it from a master. Because web compression tends to be lossy, having the source PSD on hand is a must.
…but that's not always the case. JPG files are lossy, sure, and you'd never want to use a JPG as your master if it can be helped. But theoretically GIF is a lossless format, once you get around the 256 colour limitation. Provided you save the file with the same colour index each time, you won't lose any detail after each edit.
Take the following image for example. Let's say you've started with an overly large corner for your rounded boxes.
There's probably no need for such a large image, so by cropping to look like the top right 'after' result, you can save a few bytes. Or if you need just the edge pieces, a quick crop can pull out the top and left edges as separate images, as shown in the bottom two 'after' results.
Point being, you've already optimized the larger image — you could go back to the original PSD and re-save, or you could drop it into Photoshop and just crop the smaller images out. They'll be (mostly) optimized, and you've saved about 3 steps in the middle between flattening your layer effects, cropping, optimizing and saving.
In fact, if all you're doing is cropping, resizing or the occasional pixel-level tweak, you don't even need to go through the whole File → Save For Web dialogue either. Open the GIF, modify the pixels without first converting to another colour space like RGB Mode, and then re-save using File → Save. If you haven't changed colour modes, the color index is preserved, your compression tweaks are re-calculated automatically, and you don't lose any detail because no new colour information has been added on top of the original GIF.
What if you've spent time applying a dither mask, or enabled lossy GIF compression, or a number of other variations that will affect the file size and quality of the original image? That's where it becomes muddy — if the starting GIF isn't of reasonable quality, you probably wouldn't want to use it on your site anyway, but there may be times when a GIF shouldn't be manipulated this way.
Assuming the starting image is workable though, the compression algorithm WILL pick up these effects on re-save and you won't have to spend time applying them again. Compression is applied after all other effects like dither and lossiness have worked their magic, so a dithered GIF will always be compressed the same way. (Try it if you don't believe me — dither a high-colour GIF, save, and then open and re-save without dither… if your colour settings match, the resulting files will be the same size.)
The big problem with working this way is source control; over time, the images for your site fall further and further out of synch with the master Photoshop files. I'm not actually convinced most designers could refer back to a contained set of source PSD files for all graphics anyway, especially later on in the course of a site's life… but that's another thought for another day.
: And all this applies to PNG too, of course.
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This post brings up a question you may want to answer in a future post: what's your typical web development process? How do you go about designing, slicing, optimizing, placing, etc. your web graphics?
Is Photoshop your only tool? What screenshot utility to you use? What about large batch processes — what do you do for those? Do you keep separate source files for each step/version of your concept design? Do you even MAKE a concept design?
Perhaps it could even be a community-affair (show-and-tell of the web's best designers)?
Dave: Based on the information you've given me, I took a moment to run some tests to see for myself. I appreciate the care by which you chose your words, by the way.
I have an internal-only site that uses transparent .pngs generated with a version 4 of Photoshop (the latest I have :), and they display just fine in Safari, but the transparency is, of course, lost in IE/Mac.
You've indicated that Fireworks might have done things differently, so I went to download a trial version and generate a .png to see for myself if a Fireworks-flavoured .png would work in IE/Mac.
It didn't.
At any rate, this doesn't really prove anything, except maybe the impossibility of getting IE to render the gamma channel if some other program encoded that data differently. I certainly know next to nothing about the particulars of the png specification, and it may very well be that there is no way of adding gamma that IE will like, because IE will flat-out refuse to render gamma under normal circumstances.
Was it wasted time? No. Knowing what doesn't work is, in this industry anyway, as important as knowing what does work.
Apologies if anyone felt this post was off topic, however I feel justified knowing that the loop is somewhat closed with this mini-investigation and followup. I would hate for someone to surf through this a month from now and start a meme based on misinterpreted information.
Actually, I think that editing the GIF rather than the PSD has one major advantage that no-one else has pointed out: Color matching. If I edit the original source and then re-save it, depending on how much I've changed it, there are no guarantees that Photoshop/Fireworks will choose *exactly* the same color table and dithering pattern. This is particularly important if, for example, the corner of a subtly shaded box has to match up with its top. Small discrepancies in the encoding are often horribly apparent. Editing the GIF (and keeping the color table unchanged) this problem is guaranteed to just go away!
Robert: "the transparency is, of course, lost in IE/Mac."
Whoa, you went left after I went right. Gamma isn't the same thing as tranparency. Gamma is hard to succinctly define - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_correction - but it's basically about the brightness of an image on a screen. Gamma within PNG is a setting that affects the brightness on the destination monitor, which is where IE has trouble.
My previous comments don't apply to transparency issues at all, and in fact, IE5/Mac seems to do fine with PNGs with alpha transparency — http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=064/064.css for example. (I'm checking IE5.2 on OS X; you may be using an older version.)
It is indeed tempting to just directly adjust the images used on the site, instead of going back to the photoshop file.
However, using the psd (either original, or a copy) isn't just good for source controll, it makes it easy to see how the change will reflect on the rest of the site.
Of course, when all you want to do is change one pixel, changing the gif/png/whatever will allways be too tempting to resist.
i prefer to do all my work on PSD format and export to JPG or PNG, better than use GIF format.
"it makes it easy to see how the change will reflect on the rest of the site."
Ah, but that's what screenshots are for! The other half of the equation, for me anyway, is gratuitous use of screenshots. Perhaps I should write that up too.
You assume that all web authors use Photoshop :-) My master files are .PNG which I open with Fireworks and then I might optimize them… usually the gain is minimal since I rarely use layers or other fancy stuff that would require of Fireworks to store a lot of metadata in the .PNG.
As a programmer, when I work on large projects, I might use a command-line PNG optimizer as part of the project's build script.
I don't want to start a "holy war" on this issue, but 8bit PNG is overall better than .GIFa.
"You assume that all web authors use Photoshop"
Not at all, but the article was tailored toward the ones that do.
"8bit PNG is overall better than .GIFa."
In most ways, but I've long preferred GIF due to IE/Win having problems with the gamma in PNGs that come from Photoshop. It's been a long while since I've tested this, but I believe it even holds true in IE6.
I've done this from time-to-time, and find it to be perfectly suitable. Unless you are putting something out to a "designer" audience, the vast majority of your users will overlook any imperfections you get as a result.
"The other half of the equation, for me anyway, is gratuitous use of screenshots."
Likewise here, Dave. I'm constantly taking screengrabs, then bringing them back into PS for slight little tweaks, etc.
I'm thinking this has much to do with the switch from "slicing up" PSD files for a table-based layout, to using CSS and creative placement of background images.
Somehow for me, the PSD is always the starting point, but then completely falls out of synch as the design and code are finalized. I don't particularly like that it happens, but it always ends up that way.
It gets even worse: Safari screws up PNGs when there is no gamma information or an embedded color profile (see http://koa.la/?0Fb , http://koa.la/?0Fc ). Of course, IE displays those PNGs just fine. :\
PNG is lossless and has full alpha transparency, but since about 3% of your audience will have a browser that 'gets it right' (read: a Gecko-based browser), you just may want to stick to GIF a while longer.
I'm a screenshot culprit as well…only thing is I often end up with a frankenstein-ish psd file built out of chopped up screenshots and all my little tweaks….
It would probably be easier to keep the original psd all along!
Josh - "but since about 3% of your audience will have a browser that 'gets it right' (read: a Gecko-based browser)"
It's closer to 15% now depending on where you get your stats. Opera and KHTML (and most likely every other modern browser) also work fine with 32-bit PNGs.
I guess it depends on who the site is for. If its personal, then sure, your not going to hand over the site and all its contents to some person. But if its a client, for example, you may want to keep that source file around in case people have to leave, change business's,etc…
If you run a website and need to sell it, then providing the new owner with your source photoshop file could be beneficial to them.
I think, if anything, its good form and habit to do your "best" to keep the source file as close to the main set of elements that represent your website.
No one is perfect, but I think as long as the source doesn't stray too far from the current copy, then its ok.
My juicedthoughts.com site looks quite different then my source, so I am not really practicing what I preach :)
I had problem with alpha stuffs in PNG, and with Windows NT (at university) computers displayed a grey color instead of transparency. I finally solved my problem by using gif web dither but it's a bad thing that IE, or at least older versions can't understand PNG transparency. Even if most users use IE as web browser, I prefer Safari 'cause it looks like IE is slowing web development…
Dave: You said something in a very interesting way: "I've long preferred GIF due to IE/Win having problems with the gamma in PNGs that come from Photoshop."
Are you saying that IE/Win *won't* have problems with the gamma if the PNG was created in another program? If so, what programs would those be?
"Are you saying that IE/Win *won't* have problems with the gamma if the PNG was created in another program?"
As I said, it has been a while since I've looked into this, but I believe at the time of comparison, Fireworks handled the gamma issue differently than Photoshop.
Because gamma is a value that can be adjusted, it's not inconceivable that two software packages will produce different results. I just don't have hard data to back that up.
Hmmmm…I have been looking for a program that displays the screenshots of my website the same way cssvault.com does the screenshots? Anybody got any? Sorry for straying slightly off topic :P
Screenshots : if your system is MacOsX, look into webkit2png.
Using the command line, you can specify screen width and height, and get screenshots like cssvault.com without owning a 23" display.
Editing GIF's in situ as you say, is defiantly nothing short of a habit, though I personally can't say that it's a bad one.
I find myself constantly chopping and changing my GIF's to fit (even more so since I have been using tableless layouts). However I have attempted to place myself in the habit of either saving the "new" PSD temporarily, or more commonly, duplicating the resulting GIF/PSD product into my original source PSD. This will at least allow me to edit further without the loss that can be associated with countless re-hashing of the humble GIF in question.
This practice has saved me a substantial amount of time in some cases, particularly when it comes to 'difficult' clients who don't like that shade of blue or purple. etc!
So I suppose in my opinion it's not a bad thing as long as you can maintain the connection to the source as closely as possible. As a general rule and not always by intention, I often find myself at the end of a project with at the very least 3 source PSD files, some are a little messy, one may be mostly flattened with only some last minute changes lay on top, but the main thing is they all work together to make the bigger picture.
If the client wants the source files they are more than welcome to have them (after all they are not mine to deny), but commonly they won't be the ones to edit the files later. Rather I would expect someone who has some experience to be handling the files, therefore I would hope said person would have the required insight to be able to unravel the inner workings of the monster I have created.
Cheers Nathan.
No mention of ImageReady? Do you just use Photoshop?
As someone who's just come into a new job, and has to make updates and adjustments to other designers files, it's incredibly frustrating when the the source .psd doesn't match up with what's live.
My personal workflow - which is nothing revolutionary - is to do everything up to slicing in Photoshop, then jump to ImageReady for the slicing and optimising stage. If edits come in later on, you only need to select the appropriate slices and re-export. No flattening, no cropping, no re-optimising…
Dave: you're abolutely right, about my zagging when you zigged. I do know what gamma is, since I regularly make a habit of calibrating my monitors. The fault is mine for not reading what you said carefully enough. Usually when I see discussions about PNG support and IE, it's with regards to transparency, not gamma. And that kind of explains the source of the error.
I will also admit to ignorance about the benefits of embedding gamma information into an image, and I will explain why I don't get it. See, I can understand calibrating a monitor so that if you hit certain points and set a color temperature, then you have a predictable baseline from which to compare images. The thinking here is that as long as people who care about image fidelity do roughly the same thing, they'll see roughly the same thing. And everybody's happy. But the assumption that I'm making here is that a color is a color - 255/0/0 should look as red to you as it does to me (colorblindness and other environmental factors notwithstanding).
So, and this is pure reasoning on my part, would I be correct to understand that by adding data describing the gamma to an image, the renderer can take that image and dynamically adjust the colors based on the known state of an end user's monitor calibration? If I'm correct, and if someone doesn't calibrate their monitors at all, what good would that information be? The native gamma of an uncalibrated monitor is a human-determined value, so if a human didn't determine it for their system, then your intentions were pretty much hosed for that case.
Getting back to my transparency issue, my experiments quite conclusively show that on Mac IE 5.2.3, my pngs have the correct color but no alpha channel, and the same image renders with alpha channel correctly in Safari. For what I use pngs, it doesn't bother me that much. it's a nice to have.
Again, apologies for straying so far from the topic, but this is, I hope, interesting reading, and I'm getting quite a bit of value out of it.
PNGOut will correct the screwed up gamma chunks (sometimes) PhotoShop CS seems to still have the gamma issue.
However WEb Image Guru - a PS plugin - works really well and saves out the right gamma chunk.
Using WIG and PNGOut I gain about 20% smaller PNG's than PS and about 50-60% smaller than the same GIF.
If you know how to solve the software problems then PNG is by far the superior format to GIF. I don't use anything else for 8bit work.
In fact I only use gif when I need animation, which is rare.
I find that I rarely want to make just one change to a GIF of the type Dave described (a small design element). Those small pieces usually end up becoming their own source files, documenting the changes I made in layers so I can go back and tweak it if the changed graphic doesn't look right.
Of course, this might also be because Fireworks wants to save everything in its native PNG format, encouraging me to save a copy instead of just exporting a new GIF. (The type of web graphics I use Photoshop for nearly always end up as JPEGs.)
As some of the other comments indicate Fireworks is becoming more popular. Personally I use Photoshop for photos and Fireworks for graphics. When using Fireworks/Dreamweaver in tandem the conversion problems are minimized. I open the orginal in Fireworks, which remembers where it was las exported to. Ctrl-Shift-R exports, and Dreamweaver immediately displays the new image. If the image is created from Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver will remember both the source file and the exported file allowing seamless editing of the png and export of the gif file.
Further to Gregory's recommendation of PNGOut, take a look at PNGGauntlet - http://snipurl.com/8zfd - a simpe GUI for PNGOut. I use it to crunch and correct whole folders full of PNG files when ready to publish. Typically, I get a 10-30% saving on each PNG file that's been saved via Photoshop's "save for web" feature.
#5 Dave -
Yeah, IE6 has trouble with PNG gamma, but it's optional to include that data, isn't it?
I use GIMP and just uncheck "save gamma" when exporting PNGs.
For all intents and purposes 8-bit PNG images are complete (non-animated) GIF killers once you remove all Gamma and special color handling info…except for one glaring exception: Safari. Safari seems to "guess" at the gamma value rather than just matching it with GIFs & JPEGs. See http://mrclay.org/web_design/pngs_and_gifs_in_harmony/test.php


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A New York City Supreme Court justice issued a decision Friday in the case of George McDonald v. NYC Campaign Finance Board and the City of New York, upholding New York City's campaign limits on contributions to candidates, including those who "opt out" of the city's public financing program.
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, whose office filed a friend-of-the-court brief in defense of the city's laws, issued the following statement in response:
"In the post-Citizens United world, the majority of Americans agree that unlimited election spending is bad for our democracy. New York City's common-sense campaign finance laws have helped stem the flood of money into city elections. Today's decision preserves the integrity of those laws, and of the idea that political influence should not be tied to wealth. This is a great victory for the public financing of elections and for the people of the City of New York."
In George McDonald v. NYC Campaign Finance Board and the City of New York, the plaintiffs sought a declaration that the city's rules setting campaign finance contribution limits for candidates who do not receive public funds are pre-empted by state election law. The attorney general's office filed an amicus brief arguing New York state election law does not operate in the field of public financing of elections, which was followed by the court.
The case was handled for the attorney general's office by Assistant Solicitor General Leslie Dubeck and Deputy Solicitor General Richard Dearing, under the supervision of New York Solicitor General Barbara D. Underwood.


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The East Borough Bridge(s) is a series of three bridges and a highway intersection in Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV, based on the Triborough Bridge, officially known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. It connects the boroughs of Algonquin, Dukes and Bohan, as well as the small Charge Island.
The bridge elevates above much of Charge Island and has a toll plaza for drivers driving in or out of Dukes and Charge Island. There are two ways of using the bridge without paying: Traveling between Algonquin and Bohan (in either direction) and traveling between Dukes and Charge Island (in either direction). Using the bridge to make a different journey will result in a toll charge of $5. The East Borough Bridge is one of the three bridges that connect to Bohan; along with the Northwood Heights Bridge and Dukes Bay Bridge. The bridge is essentially three bridges as one, each span adjoined to Dukes, Algonquin and Bohan.
Accessing the East Borough Bridge is easy for the most part as the bridge is often entered or exited from a continuation of a major road. The East Borough Bridge becomes Harrison Street in the neighborhood of East Island City when it reaches Dukes. At the Algonquin end, the bridge leads into Ruby Street in Lancaster; and at the Bohan end, the bridge exits onto Gainer Street in South Bohan via an offramp. Entering the bridge from Bohan is done by using the on ramp from San Quentin Avenue in South Bohan. Charge Island access is obtained through on and off ramps from the bridge itself and Charge Island onto and off minor unnamed roads on the island.
- Sometimes, LCPD officers can be found checking cars near the Algonquin exit for the bridge and fining them. If the player steals the car while an officer is checking it, the boot remains open, and will remain open even when it's saved at a safehouse.
- The East Borough Bridge is the longest bridge in Liberty City.
- There are multiple ways to escape paying the toll on the bridge (such as driving around the booth on a bike); see this page for more.
- What is interesting to note is that the real life Triboro Bridge had its configuration changed after GTA IV came out and the new configuration made the in-game counterpart more similar. In real life, there was an exit added to the bridge towards Queens (Dukes) that is accessed after the toll plaza. This exit was designed in GTA IV so its unclear if Rockstar knew about the bridge changes or if it was merely coincidental.


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In an npr interview Dan Airley discusses his new book, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty.
Ariely describes these experiments and the results in a new book, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie To Everyone — Especially Ourselves. He talks with NPR's Robert Siegel about how society's troubles aren't always caused by the really bad apples; they're caused by the scores of slightly rotting apples who are cheating just a little bit.
"We want to view ourselves as honest, wonderful people and when we cheat ... as long as we cheat just a little bit, we can still view ourselves as good people, but once we start cheating too much ... we can't view ourselves as good people and therefore we stop. So this model of trying to balance the ability to view ourselves as good people on one hand and the ability to cheat on the other hand predicts that people will cheat a little bit and they will still feel good about themselves. ... That's what we see across many, many experiments."
"The moment something is one step removed from money ... people can cheat more and [still] feel good about themselves. It basically relieves people from the moral shackles....
... How can you rationalize your actions and still think of yourself as a good person? And if somebody has mistreated you, now you can probably rationalize something to a higher degree."
I've seen this mechanism of rationalization, that the moral shackles are needing to feel good aobut yourself and how easy it is to find a way to excuse yourself for a particualr action.
The 'Truth' About Why We Lie, Cheat And Steal
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I would love to get this book. I am interested in morality. Thanks!
Oh I wanted to add that people do tell a lot of "white lies" as they call them. Lying about things that aren't really important. Such as: do you like these pants on me? OR do you like my new bag?
I prefer Eckhart Tolle's theory of why we do bad things at all, found in his book A New Earth...
It says that people are a kind of unconscious, and slaves to an ego forever trying to ubsurdley boost itself. Some of it's boosting tricks are the lust to obtain objects, force attention from others, and all the worse things too. WHEN we become "aware" of our ego and it's appetite -it slowly fades to background. I have cured some pretty bad shit in myself, simply by identifying how my ego benefited from it -and it disappeared.
You are NOT your ego. You are the observer behind the ego. the dreamer of the dream.
Why do people do bad things? They are living unconsciously (in a way) and appeasing a strong ego.
I hope I explained that well. Mr. Tolle does a great job of it of course.
oh, oprah's book club #64 i think
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In the Deckard Cain Meta Tier List made by @Oxygen, @MagikMurlok asked if someone could compile a list of Heroes that have strong self-sustain that can be viable in matches that features no Supports. I decided to help.
I ended making a list of all non-Support Heroes that have any form of self-healing. Took me around 6 hours to compile every single nook and cranny (with all the revisions and edits), so here it is! I hope this help. Any feedback is welcome.
I've also included a suggested build for each character to use in the event that there is no Support in the team, aimed at maximizing survivability.
Special thanks to @ExorionAether for the help with talents and Heroes I missed, forgot or did not include originally for other reasons.
Alarak (suggested build) Lightning Surge provides a powerful sustain, which becomes even stronger with the talent Sustaining Power (1) and Lightning Barrage (16), with the latter allowing Alarak to cast two Lightning Surges in succession, thus doubling its effects. Cassia (suggested build) Ring of the Leech (4) provides passive self-healing to Cassia when dealing damage to any opponents inflicted with Blind. Any talent that increases Cassia's damage in general will increase the healing gained from this talent. Plate of the Whale (4) provides extra passive life regeneration, as well increasing her maximum health once completed. Falstad (suggested build) Has access to the Hammer Gains (4) talent, meaning that any additional talents or buffs that increase his Attack Speed and Basic Attack Damage will increase this talent's performance. Fenix (suggested build) Fenix is an exception to this list, because while he doesn't feature any talents that replenish his life, his passive Shields from Shield Capacitor pretty much adds an extra layer of sustain. To avoid confusion, I will not be listing similar talents for non-Support Heroes that have access to shielding (Johanna, Zarya, etc.) Rapid Recharge (13) and Auxiliary Shields (13) can both be counted as a form of improved sustain, as they aid in replenishing his Shields Unconquered Spirit grants him a massive boost of shields. Gul'dan (suggested build) Has excellent self-sustain with Drain Life, which is part of his core gameplay interacting with his ability to sap his life to restore mana through Life Tap. Has access to talents such as Consume Soul (4) Healthstone (16) which provides extra self-sustain aside from Drain Life. The Drain Life can be picked to increase its performance, but they often have compete with better talents, so I wouldn't recommend them. However they can work really well in a non-Support composition that features a solid frontline. Illidan (suggested physical build; suggested ability build) Betrayer's Thirst provides mindless sustain, as you just have hit stuff to get heals. Has access to talents like Thirsting Blade (7) and Hunter's Onslaught (7) which further improves his self-healing. Talents that increase the damage of Illidan's Ability Damage will increase the healing from Hunter's Onslaught, such as Marked for Death (16) Any talents or buffs that increase his Attack Speed and/or his Basic Attack Damage will improve the performance of Betrayer's Thirst, such as Unending Hatred (1). Kael'thas (suggested build) Fel Infusion (1) heals Kael'thas when activating Verdant Spheres. Not much healing, but hey, it's something! Kel'Thuzad (suggested build) Phylactery of Kel'Thuzad (4) provides passive heal to all his Ability Damage once it's completed. Not much, but it helps. Kerrigan (suggested build) Siphoning Impact (1) rewards precise Ravage kills with heals. Assimilation Mastery (7) provides extra passive health regeneration. Li-Ming (suggested build) Dominance (4) heals Li-Ming whenever a nearby enemy Hero is killed, meaning Li-Ming doesn't have to necessarily land the killing blow to enjoy the self-healing. Lunara (suggested build) Siphoning Toxin (4) provides healing as long the enemy has a stack of Nature's Toxin. Malthael (suggested build) Fantastic self-sustain through Soul Rip as long enemies are affected by Reaper's Mark (which is not hard to do since his Basic Attacks cleave to inflict opponents with this debuff) Soul Collector (13) further improve its healing. Angel of Death (20) provides a powerful healing effect to Last Rites. Ragnaros (suggested build) Empower Sulfuras is a powerful area heal as long you hit as many enemies as possible. This becomes even stronger by taking related talents, such as Sulfuras Hungers (1) and Cauterize Wounds (13). Catching Fire (4) provides extra passive life regeneration. Submerge (20) puts Ragnaros in stasis and heals him. Raynor (suggested build) Adrenaline Rush provides Raynor with a reliable self-sustain, specially since its cooldown is lowered when Raynor hits anything with basic attacks. This effect can be further improved by Give Me More! (16). Fight or Flight (4) and Fuel The Rush (7) both decrease the cooldown of Adrenaline Rush, therefore allowing Raynor to use it more often. Behemoth Armor increases Raynor's maximum health by a flat amount, and is further increased each time he hits enemies with his trait, Give 'Em Some Pepper, therefore further improving his sustain. Paint Them Red (16) causes Penetrating Round to heal for the same damage dealt when it hits Heroes. Has access to the Sustaining Rounds (4) talent, meaning that any additional talents or buffs that increase his Attack Speed will increase this talent's performance when hitting with his trait, Give 'Em Some Pepper. The Butcher (suggested build) Butcher's Brand provides a fantastic self-sustain, as long you can hit the Basic Attacks, and its healing becomes stronger the more meat he has. In addition, talents that further increase his Basic Attack and Attack Speed, such as Brutal Strike (13), Blood Frenzy (16), Enraged (16) and Nexus Blades (20), will result in a stronger / faster health-per-hit to branded enemies. Victuals (7) provides a passive heal which is great in maps focused on waveclear, such as Tomb of the Spider Queen. It should be noted that it doesn't work with summoned minions or special minions such as the Zerg Wave from Braxis Holdout. Thrall (suggested build) Frostwolf Resilience provides a strong self-sustain as long Thrall hits opponents with abilities. Just don't spam because Thrall is one of those Heroes that goes mana hungry very very fast. Talents that improve his generation of Frostwolf Resilience stacks include Feral Resilience (4), Grace Of Air (13), Tempest Fury (16) and Wind Rush (20). Frostwolf's Grace (13) provides an extra healing cooldown. Rolling Thunder (1) provides additional sustain by allowing Thrall to heal through Basic Attacks after using Chain Lightning. Ancestral Wrath (7) is a bit of a complex talent as you have to keep track of your Frostwolf Resilience stacks, but provide an instant targeted damage which heals, which is great. Tracer (suggested build) Is That a Health Pack?! (4) increases the healing from Regeneration Globes and Healing Fountains. Has access to the Leeching Rounds (13) talent, meaning that any additional talents or buffs that increase her Attack Speed and Basic Attack Damage will increase this talent's performance. Total Recall (20) essentially heals Tracer as it "undoes" the damage she took when using Recall. This effect can be further improved by Slipstream (20). Tychus (suggested build) Has access to the That's the Stuff! (13) talent, meaning that any additional talents or buffs that increase his Attack Speed will increase this talent's performance, such as In the Rhythm (4). Valla (suggested physical build; suggested ability build) Has access to the Tempered by Discipline (13) talent, meaning that any additional talents or buffs that increase her Attack Speed and Basic Attack Damage will increase this talent's performance. The downside is that she needs to be at maximum stacks of Hatred to gain this effect. Siphoning Arrow (13) provides a life-leech effect to Hungering Arrow. Zeratul (suggested physical build; suggested ability build) Has access to the Mending Strikes (13) talent, meaning that any additional talents or buffs that increase his Attack Speed and Basic Attack Damage will increase this talent's performance. Shadow Mending (20) heals Zeratul when he deals ability damage. Any additional talents or buffs that increase his Ability Damage will improve this talent's performance. Zul'jin (suggested physical build; suggested ability build) Regeneration restore health, but any damage will interrupt it, unless you pick Forest Medicine (20). Troll's Blood (4) further improve its healing. Amani Resilience and Buzzsaw, both level 20 talents, provides healing effects to Taz'dingo! and Guillotine, respectively.
Anub'arak (suggested build; suggested scarab build) Regeneration Master (1) provides extra passive life regeneration, as well increased health once completed. Decent life-leech with Locust Swarm, with Hive Master (20) providing a passive life-leech effect. Leeching Scarabs (7) provides self-healing as long his Scarabs deal damage. There is an entire build dedicated to that talent, but it's pretty shitty now (used to be very OP before his rework). Arthas (suggested physical build; suggested ability build) Death Coil can be used on Arthas to heal himself. Immortal Coil (7) and Embrace Death further increase its self-healing performance. Army of the Dead provides a reliable self-heal by sacrificing Ghouls, which becomes further stronger with Legion of Northrend (20). Rune Tap provides a passive life-leech, which can become quite strong when combined with Icy Talons (4). Anti-Magic Shell (20) heals Arthas for a small ammount of the damage absorbed. Blaze (suggested build) Oil Spill + Flame Stream provides with one of the strongest self-sustains in the game. Grill and Kill (7) further increase its effects by extending the duration once completed. Heat Treatment (16) is surprisingly strong, specially since it Pyromania provides armor, and the heals are gained when hitting any type of enemy (including minions). Chen (suggested build) Freshest Ingredients (1) provides passive extra life regeneration. Brewmaster's Balance (7) provides passive extra life regeneration as long Chen has 50 Brew or more. Stormstout Secret Recipe provides passive life-leech whenever Chen deals damage with his Basic Abilities. Cho (suggested build; suggested Gall build) Consuming Blaze provides a fantastic self-sustain, with two related talents at level 1 that provide strong effects, being Consuming Fire and Fuel for the Flame. Surging Dash (16) heals Cho'gall as long Surging Fist is being channelled. Dehaka (suggested build) Absurdly strong self-sustain through Essence Collection and Adaptation. Tissue Regeneration (1) provides more essence, which translates in more healing. It also adds passive extra life regeneration. One-Who-Collects (4) and Hero Stalker (4) both provide additional means of getting essence, therefore allowing Dehaka to self-sustain himself faster. Essence Claws (20) provides additional essence as long Dehaka Basic Attacks Heroes. Buffs that increases his Attack Speed further improve his essence gathering. Change Is Survival (20) further boosts the healing from Adaptation. Diablo (suggested physical build; suggested ability build) Diablo by default has a powerful self-sustain as his health progressively increases as he gathers souls for Black Soulstone. After his rework, Diablo has gained a very strong self-sustain, with Fire Stomp now being a skillshot and healing per enemy hit, with more healing when the flames come back at Diablo. Souls to the Flame (4) increases the healing effect, while Hellfire (13) increases spellpower per enemy hit (which translates in more healing). Eternal Flames (7) reset the cooldown of Fire Stomp whenever Diablo stuns a Hero with Shadow Charge (meaning hitting the enemy against a wall) or Overpower. Life Leech (4) provides passive healing as long Diablo Basic Attacks an enemy Hero. This can be further improved through Cruelty (13), which increases his attack speed, translating in more heal-per-hit. Feast on Fear (1) heals Diablo whenever he stuns opponents with Shadow Charge or Overpower. This effect stacks. Domination (16) resets the cooldown of Shadow Charge whenever Diablo uses Overpower, thus triggering Feast on Fear an additional time if Diablo hits the opponent against a wall. Overpowering Nightmare grants 2 additional charges of Overpower, meaning more triggers of Feast on Fear. Devil's Due (1) provides Diablo with one of the strongest self-healings in the game. Since Regeneration Globes become neutral after 3 seconds and can be claimed by either team, this essentially doubles his self-sustain (including mana regeneration). Lord of Terror siphons the life of nearby Heroes, which can heal Diablo for a lot if he is surrounded by enemies. ETC (suggested physical build; suggested ability build) Guitar Solo is a reliable self-sustain ability on low cooldown. Can be further improved by Guitar Hero (1) and Prog Rock (1). Hammer-on (7) has good synergy with Guitar Hero. Garrosh (suggested build) Bloodthirst provides Garrosh with a very strong self-sustain, specially when combined with his natural resilience from Armor Up. In For the Kill (4) provides Garrosh with lots of sustain in the laning phase and while killing minions because of the resets and mana refund. This can be further improved by Bloodcraze (13). Johanna (suggested build) Laws of Hope provides an Active Ability that can save Johanna from some nasty situations. Holy Renewal can heal for quite a lot if Johanna manages to hit 3 Heroes or more. Leoric (suggested physical build; suggested ability build) Very strong self-healing through Drain Hope, specially against opponents with low movement options. This healing can be further improved through Willing Vessel (7). March of the Black King heals Leoric per Hero hit. Ossein Renewal (1) provides an Active Ability similarly to Johanna Laws of Hope, but on a higher cooldown (however this can recharge faster by picking Regeneration Globes). Consume Vitality (1) heals Leoric whenever he hits Heroes with Skeletal Swing. Fealty Unto Death (1) passively heals Leoric whenever minions die nearby him (either friendly or enemy). Spectral Leech (20) provides passive healing as long Leoric Basic Attacks an enemy Hero. This can be further improved by Mithril Mace (16), specially once completed. Muradin (suggested build) Very powerful out of combat healing thanks to Second Wind. This can be further improved through Third Wind (1) and Stoneform (16), with the later allowing Muradin to activate his trait to gain healing effects in-battle. Avatar, in a sense, can be considered a healing ability as it increases Muradin maximum health for a limited time. Healing Static (13) provides a healing effect to Thunder Clap as long it hits Heroes. Rexxar (suggested build) Hungry Bear (4) provides life-leech to Misha. Hunter-Gatherer (4) provides extra passive life regeneration to Rexxar. Animal Husbandry (4) essentially allows Rexxar and Misha to reach infinite health points as long Rexxar remains alive. Spirit Bond (20) provides Bestial Wrath with a life-leeching effect where Misha's Basic Attacks heals Rexxar. Sonya (suggested physical build; suggested ability build) Very strong self-sustain through Whirlwind. This can be further improved by Life Funnel (7) and Wrath of the Berserker (as more damage equals to more healing). Has access to the War Paint (1) talent, meaning that any additional talents or buffs that increase her Attack Speed and Basic Attack Damage will increase this talent's performance. Battle Rage (7) provides an Active Ability that heals Sonya. Stitches (suggested build) Devour is a very powerful self-sustain ability. Can be improved by Chew Your Food (1). Hungry for More increases Stitches' maximum health, therefore increasing the healing from Devour. Amplified Healing (4) increases all healing Stitches recieves, with includes Devour. Savor the Flavor (4) permanently increases Stitches health regeneration when he uses Devour on enemy Heroes. Restorative Fumes (4) causes Vile Gas to heal Stitches. Cannibalize (20) provides passive healing as long Stitches Basic Attacks an enemy Hero. This effect becomes even stronger with Hungry for More, as more health equals to more healing. Tyrael (suggested build) Ardent Restoration (1) provides Tyrael with passive healing as long he deals any form of damage to enemy Heroes. Divine Vigor (4) allows Tyrael's Basic Attacks to heal him after he hits enemies with Smite. It synergises well with Purge Evil (7), Smite the Wicked (16) and Seal of El'Druin (20), as they all improve Tyrael's Basic Attacks, therefore increasing the healing gained. Varian (suggested Protection build; suggested Arms build; suggested Fury build) Lion's Fang naturally heals Varian whenever he hits any opponent (including minions). Can be further improved by Lionheart (7). Second Wind (7) and Victory Rush (7) both provide passive healing as long Varian Basic Attacks anything, with the latter healing for a huge amount, but having a cooldown. Second Wind is improved by High King's Quest (1) and all of Varian's passive effects of his Heroic Abilities. Glory to the Alliance (20) causes banners to increase all healing effects, which includes all the aforementioned talents and abilities above that provide Varian with self-healing. Yrel Vindication deals damage and heals Yrel in return. Light of Karabor (1) increases Vindication radius, as well bonus healing per enemy Hero hit. Ardent Defender heals Yrel for half of the damage absorbed. Word of Glory (20) causes Ardent Defender to heal all nearby allies for the damage Yrel absorbed. Maraad's Insight (1) causes Yrel's next Basic Attack to heal whenever she uses a Basic Ability. Gift of the Naaru (4) causes Divine Purpose to heal an ally nearby Yrel.
Abathur (suggested build) Abathur is an exception to this list as he cannot self heal with his related talents below, since he cannot use Symbiote on himself. Regenerative Microbes (1) causes the Symbiote's Carapace to heal the host. Soma Transference (13) causes the Symbiote's Spike Burst to heal the host when hitting enemy Heroes. Azmodan (suggested build) Cydaea's Kiss (13) causes All Shall Burn to heal if it channels completely. Can be further improved by Sin's Grasp (16), as it increases its range and reduces the cooldown if fully channeled.. Gazlowe (suggested build) Goblin Repairs (1) provides extra passive life regeneration. Medivh (suggested build) Force of Will heals damage absorbed. This can be further improved by Circle of Protection (13) or Reabsorption (13). Raven's Intellect (1) provides extra passive life regeneration. Murky (suggested build) Rejuvenating Bubble (13) heals Murky whenever he uses Safety Bubble. This can be further improved by Big Tuna Kahuna as more health equals to more healing. Fish Tank (13) heals Murky whenever he deals damage with Basic Attacks and Basic Abilities. Nazeebo (suggested build) Hexed Crawlers (4) causes Corpse Spiders to heal Nazeebo. Blood Ritual (4) heal Nazeebo whenever he gains stacks of Voodoo Ritual. Both talents above scale progressively as Nazeebo gains more stacks of Voodoo Ritual. Sgt. Hammer (suggested build) Has access to the Regenerative Bio-Steel (4) talent, meaning that any additional talents or buffs that increase her Attack Speed and Basic Attack Damage will increase this talent's performance while in Siege Mode. Sylvanas (suggested build) Life Drain (13) causes Shadow Dagger to heal Sylvanas each time it spreads to an enemy. The Lost Vikings (suggested build) Has access to the Pain Don't Hurt (4) talent, meaning that any additional talents or buffs that increase Baleog Attack Speed and Basic Attack Damage will increase this talent's performance. Erik the Swift heals Erik as long he is moving. Play Again! fully heals the Vikings. Xul (suggested physical build; suggested Skeleton build) Harvest Vitality (7) causes Cursed Strikes to heal Xul whener it hits enemy Heroes. This can be further improved through Grim Scythe (4) and Rapid Harvest (13) or Executioner (13). Trag'Oul's Essence (7) causes Skeleton Warriors to heal Xul whenever they deal damage. Andariel's Visage (20) causes Poison Nova to heal Xul for half the damage dealt. Zagara (suggested build) Nydus Network heals Zagara as long she is inside it. Hydralisk Transfusion (13) heals Zagara as long Hunter Killer deals damage to enemy Heroes. This talent does NOT benefit from Corrosive Saliva (16) bonus damage or the bouncing attacks from Mutalisk (16).
Fenix: as long his Shield doesn't drop completely, he has one of the most powerful lane presences in the game, essentially having two healthbars. And if losing his Shields he can simply retreat and let them replenish again. Just be careful with hard engages, stuns and damage-over-time (as each tick will put Shield Capacitor on cooldown). Malthael: ridiculous sustain that allows him to 1v2 or even 1v3 under the right circumstances. Make sure to hit as many opponents as possible with Basic Attacks to maximize his sustain. Dehaka: incredibly sticky and slippery, with a global presence that allows him to engage and disengage at ease. His trait combined with Adaptation makes him really hard to kill. Blaze: powerful lane presence and one of the best self-sustains in the entire game. Diablo: his recent rework made him absurdly resilient, with a self-sustain that can surpass Blaze's under the right circumstances. Sonya: still one of the strongest solo laners in the game, with reliable self-sustain, great damage overall, and strong engage potential. The Butcher: with a high risk, high reward gameplay style, he can become unkillable, but requires a really strong frontline to keep him well protected, as well at least one backline Hero that can harass enemies at long range. Medivh: a Support labelled as a Specialist. With a very versatile kit, he can provide damage, mobility, vision, crowd-control and most importantly, damage immunity and healing. ANY team without a Support greatly benefits from Medivh. Thrall: very strong on really long matches, as his most powerful quest talents require a lot of farming. At the endgame he deal eye-watering damage while healing for huge chunks of health. Illidan: with his passive healing, he is a no-brainer. He can easily harass the backline and disengage, forcing the enemy team to waste cooldowns and allow the allied team to retaliate.
Disclaimer: very team here will feature Medivh. He is essentially a Support classified as a Specialist. Adding him almost feels like cheating. But everyone knows that Medivh Cheats!!!
Stitches, Sonya, Kel'Thuzad, Kael'thas, Medivh. Garrosh, Stitches, The Butcher, Kel'Thuzad, Medivh. ETC, Blaze, Fenix, Kel'Thuzad, Medivh. Johanna, Cassia, Raynor, Fenix, Medivh. Johanna, Blaze, Sgt. Hammer, Li-Ming, Medivh.
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I recommend everyone checking his channel. He does tons of video guides and analysis.
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This thread is for comments about our Fenix build guide for Heroes of the Storm.
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Hey guys with the newest heroes of the storm patch out, there were a ton of changes and it's easy to miss something. I go through ALL the changes this patch brought in the video below. I hope you check it out and find it helpful.
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It's that time again. Three or four times a year, speakers quiver in anticipation. They're prisoners waiting for their execution. It_ has returned, and there will be no let up. _It is Canada's bastard son, Venetian Snares.
'Einstein-Rosen Bridge' has all the expected pre-requisites - beats that tumble over each other in the fight to attain maximum volume, casually causing constant confusion as to whether all this is running at the correct RPM. There's a head-warpingly battered sample about travelling through the space-time continuum – the single's named after some black wormhole malarkey – hellish strips of white noise & bass, then it's gone.
In the spirit of The Beatles' 'White Album' and Metallica's 'Black Album', this is taken from the just released, technically self-titled, new VSnares album, tremendously otherwise known as 'The Chocolate Wheelchair Album'. Which should give a little insight.
For those of you who've created music before, this is all in 7/8 time, apparently. For the remainder, this is seriously out of step drum madness designed to make you dance, almost certainly violently, badly and embarrassingly. Either way, it's more abnormal than, erm, well, a chocolate wheelchair.
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They say there are no second acts in American lives. Except in Massachusetts banking.
Jay Sidhu, pushed out as chief executive of Sovereign Bancorp in 2006, could be making a New England comeback as the Pennsylvania bank he now leads agreed this week to buy two bank branches — one in Boston and one in Providence. Sidhu, credited with building Sovereign into one of the nation's biggest regional banks, said he plans to expand the New England presence of his new company, Customers Bank of Wyomissing, Pa., into a $1 billion operation with up to 15 branches.
If he succeeds, Sidhu, 61, won't be the first bank executive to make such a New England banking comeback. Lawrence Fish, the former chairman and chief executive of Citizen's Financial Corp., was edged out of the line of succession at the old Bank of Boston, moved to California, and returned a few years later to try to save the teetering Bank of New England, only to preside over the greatest bank failure in the region's history.
He soon after assumed the leadership of a small Rhode Island bank, and, with the backing of its owner, the Royal Bank of Scotland, built Citizens through acquisitions into one of the nation's biggest banks.
Sidhu, who became CEO in 1989, achieved a similar transformation of Sovereign, which was a small community bank also based in Wyomissing. He moved Sovereign into the New England market by buying branches divested in the 1999 merger of Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston, eventually building Sovereign into a $90 billion institution.
Sidhu resigned from Sovereign in 2006 under pressure from shareholders who were unhappy that he had negotiated the sale of a 20 percent stake to the Spanish company Banco Santander SA without seeking shareholder approval.
Santander acquired the rest of Sovereign in 2009.
Customers Bank, with $3.2 billion in assets, said Wednesday that it would pay roughly $149 million to buy the two branches that make up Michigan-based Flagstar Bank's commercial business in New England. Under the deal, which is expected to close by March 1, Customers will assume nearly $151 million in outstanding loans.
Customers Bank already has a presence in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
Sidhu said Wednesday that he does not plan to recreate Sovereign. Customers will focus on making its local business one that attracts privately held companies, families who keep more than $5,000 in the bank, and tech-savvy students who use cellphones and other mobile devices to do their banking. Sidhu said his bank has seen the growth rate double every three months for a service that allows customers to deposit checks using their cellphones.
"Hardly anyone wants to go to a bank branch anymore. It's a pain in the neck," he said. "We are not going after being a bank for multinationals [or] trying to do business with every household in our franchise. We think that model is obsolete."
The deal to buy Flagstar's Boston and Providence branches came about as the Michigan bank is retrenching, according to a statement from the company.
"This agreement represents another milestone as we enhance our focus on our community banking operation in Michigan and our national mortgage business," Flagstar chief executive Michael Tierney said in the statement. "Going forward, our commercial banking efforts will primarily relate to small business and middle market companies in Michigan."
Sidhu said he sees acquisitions of banking operations like Flagstar's as an ideal and affordable way to expand and "own a bank in New England" again.
If he succeeds, Sidhu won't be the first banker to make a New England comeback. Lawrence Fish, former CEO of Citizen's Financial, was another.
"By March 1, we will be there," Sidhu said.


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Oh man, I'm going to have very complex feelings watching Jinbei go against Yukimura... XDDDD By the way, Yukimura should really change into something more, you know, evil-looking. Pink butterfly wings and shorts, all he needs is an aloha shirt or something.
Anyway, Oooka-donoooo!!!! He was awesome. Of course his special attack is Tenbatsu. And in the end he finally awarded Jinbei a ○ and died with a smile... After all this I demand a very happy end, damn it.
The Mugai flashback felt pretty random, but I guess finally here's the reason why Mugai didn't kill the Magistrate back then, and why he stayed around. But the flashback also made me wonder, not for the first time, about where the Insect Hunters are, when the place is full of insects terrorizing people, plus their ultimate target is also here. For a while I'd kind of expected them to show up and team up with the main characters, but by now I don't think that's going to happen (due to certain reasons).
Also, now it's Suwabe Junichi and Inoue Kazuhiko in the same scene. This show is trying to kill me.
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A reverse trap!? ... That's kinda awesome in a way... lol...
Obatsu desu, Oouka-dono!! Not when you just had your manly scene! ... I had wanted to dislike him early on but I couldn't - now I know why.
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Marathoned the episodes. I was good especially Oooka's dying moment of awesome. He understood that the Insect Magistrate will no longer be able interact with Jindei once she recovers her poison.
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Oooka dono, that was WRONG, very wrong. Ok it was actually very right, but still my emotions. Now Tsukishima needs to save the Princess and avenge him.
lol I like Sanada's wings, but yes those pants and leggings need to go. Perhaps he'll also shed his skin and get a better outfit. Of course this could already be his final form in which case someone get that insect man a stylist.
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Pretty nice action and OST, looks like Seven Arcs is stepping up its game for these final episodes. And that Kuroageha backstory...she paid such a heavy price for her kindness, no wonder she was emotionless for a long time.
Tsukishima super dense as always after the princess virtually confessed to him but oh well, at least he held her hands.
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Complex feelings, indeed. XDDD Thank god Jinbei is not any more hot-blooded, then it would be really Yukimura vs Yukimura. Oh well, there's still a chance for him to get more worked up...
As for the King, it seems that he's in fact an actual bug, not an ex-human. Interestingly, the Magistrate's parents are listed in the cast as "Naa-hime's father/mother" so I guess her real identity is still up in the air... but then, she is called Naa, and that was the Siege of Osaka, so yeah. Also, if the well takes away people's memories that could explain Yukimura being the way he is - it was a bit weird hearing him talk about samurai as if he himself wasn't one. Hadn't been one. Whatever. I wonder if he'd had his memory erased, or he just renounced his old self and identifies as a bug now.
The Mugai vs Saizou fight was too short, but at least Mugai was cool. It's a pity we didn't get to hear Seki Tomokazu's Tortured Scream(TM), he's awesome at those. The preview shows Mugai vs Yukimura, but since Jinbei still has to fight Yukimura properly, it probably won't end too well for Mugai. I wonder if Jinbei will eventually turn into that white monster thing again.
(Also, in case anyone wonders, the real-life Naa-hime, if that was indeed her name, went on to become the adopted daughter of a rather famous woman, Sen-hime, and became a somewhat famous nun, so things worked out better for her than in the show.)
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Mushibugyou delivers the shounen battle arcs with alacrity, but it's the emotional depth of eps like this that really set it apart IMO. Han Megumi and Kenn are really doing a fantastic job, and this is one of the least-expected great anime romances of the year.
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The seiyuu are awesome, though. My respect for Kenn is off the scale right now.
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Court upholds 2009 fraud conviction against Scientology's French branch, its leaders
PARIS – France's highest appeals court has upheld the 2009 fraud conviction of the Church of Scientology's French branch, its bookstore and five of its leaders.
The Scientologists were accused of pressuring members into paying large sums for questionable services and materials and using "commercial harassment" against recruits. The group and bookstore were fined 600,000 euros ($814,000). The Scientologists' appeals of their convictions claimed infringement on their religious freedom.
While Scientology is recognized as a religion in the U.S., Sweden and Spain, it is not considered one under French law.
The Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology, founded in 1954 by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, teaches that technology can expand the mind and help solve problems. It claims 10 million members worldwide, including celebrity devotees Tom Cruise and John Travolta.


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CIU Names Athletic Director;Prepares for Intercollegiate Athletics
Former University of South Carolina Women's Golf Coach and Assistant Athletic Director Kim Abbott has been named the first athletic director at Columbia International University (CIU). The announcement is a major step toward an intercollegiate athletics program for the 87-year-old school.
Abbott is currently serving as athletic director at USC-Beaufort where she oversaw that school's entry into intercollegiate athletics.
CIU President, Dr. Bill Jones says much prayer and consultation went into the selection of Abbott for the position. "Kim Abbott is uniquely qualified with the professional skills needed to have a successful athletic program and the spiritual foundation to do so consistent within our Christian value system," Jones said.
Abbot says she understands the positive influence of Christian coaches. Her father John Erickson, former University of Wisconsin basketball coach and a founder of the Milwaukee Bucks, was also the president of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) for 18 years and is a 2002 inductee into FCA's Hall of Champions.
"I grew up hearing and believing what the Rev. Billy Graham said that 'One coach will impact more young people in a year than the average person does in a lifetime.' I consider the athletic field to be my mission field," Abbott said.
Jones says for CIU, intercollegiate athletics is a way to develop Christian character in its students. "Our mission is to educate people from a biblical world view to impact the nations with message of Christ, and that will be the same goal of our athletics program," Jones said.
The first sports to be organized will be men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer and women's volleyball, with cross-country a possibility in the near future. Plans are for the first teams to enter into club sports in 2010 and intercollegiate competition in fall 2011.
Learn more about Kim Abbott in this report from "The Island Packet" newspaper in Hilton Head Island, S.C.
See media coverage of CIU's future athletics programs at WACH TV in Columbia.


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Washington Supports Venezuelan OppositionWritten by Stephen Lendman Subject: Secret Government Projects
by Stephen Lendman
It's an open secret. Throughout Chavez's tenure, America supported opposition candidates. Quasi-government agencies did so. They're at it again now.
They include the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), National Democratic Institute (NDI) International Republican Institute (ISI), USAID, and Development Alternatives. They supply millions of dollars. Doing so interferes lawlessly in Venezuelan elections.
In contrast, America's Federal Election Campaign Act prohibits foreign nationals from "contributing, donating or spending funds in connection with any federal, state, or local election in the United States, either directly or indirectly."
"It is unlawful to help foreign nationals violate that ban or to solicit, receive or accept contributions or donations from them. Persons who knowingly and willfully engage in these activities may be subject to fines and/or imprisonment."
Foreign nationals include nations, political parties, corporations, partnerships, associations, other groups, individuals, and immigrants without green cards.
Do as we say, not as we do reflects US policy. In 2011, Obama requested millions of dollars. He supports Venezuelan opposition candidates. He wants them funded. America's Caracas embassy is directly involved. It's a hotbed of subversive activity.
US/Venezuelan relations remain tense for good reason. Both countries have no ambassadorial relations. It's been that way since 2010.
Patrick Duddy last represented Washington. He served from August 2007 - July 2010. In September 2008, Venezuela declared him persona non grata. Doing so reflected solidarity with Bolivia.
Washington expelled its ambassador. He conspired against Bolivian democracy. He encouraged internal disruptions.
In 2009, Duddy's persona non grata status was lifted. He returned as ambassador. He remained another year. He's held various Latin American posts. He represent imperial interests. He's now a Duke University Center for International Studies diplomat in residence.
On March 20, Venezuela suspended communications with Washington. At issue is interfering in its internal affairs. It's standard US practice. It's ongoing ahead of April's presidential elections.
Foreign Minister Elias Jaua explained "interventionist (US) statements." Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson called for "open, fair and transparent (April) elections." She said "it would be difficult" for Venezuela to do so. She lied.
Venezuela's are the world's best. America's pale by comparison. Duopoly power controls them. People have no say. Venezuela's are polar opposite.
America gets the best democracy money can buy. Venezuelans get the real thing.
It's constitutionally mandated. It's rigorously enforced. No nation anywhere matches its process. Suggesting otherwise is demeaning. It's unconscionable, uncalled for, and untrue.
"This channel of communication is suspended at this time, deferred until there is a clear message on what type of relationship the United States wants with Venezuela," said Jaua. "It makes no sense to continue wasting time."
"We want normal relations with the United States based on mutual respect," he added. America seldom affords it. Power politics matters most.
Jaua accused Jacobson of meddling in Venezuela's affairs. He did so for good reason. It's longstanding US policy. Bolivarian leaders aren't about to roll over for Washington. Latin America's no longer its back yard.
In early March, Venezuela expelled two US military attaches. They acted disruptively. They did so lawlessly. They proposed plots to destabilize the Bolivarian National Armed Forces of Venezuela. They tried recruiting Venezuelan military personnel to go along.
They were asked to leave. Jaua said "We will not allow any foreign interference in our country, who believe that the situation of grief (about Chavez) translate(s) into weakness."
"We will investigate their relationships with the corrupt right groups, whose representative was in New York when they made contacts with Venezuela's military," he added.
In response, Washington expelled two low-ranking Venezuelan diplomats. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland announced it. She called it a move to "protect" US citizens. She lied saying so.
"Around the world," she added, "when our people are thrown out unjustly, we're going to take reciprocal action."
Venezuelan presidential elections are scheduled on April 14.
Acting President Nicolas Maduro represents the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). He's Chavez's preferred choice. He'll face Roundtable of Democratic Unity (MUD) leader Henrique Capriles Radonski.
Last October, Chavez defeated him decisively. He represents anti-Bolivarianism, money power, neoliberal harshness, and subservience to imperial Washington.
Polls suggest one-sided results. Maduro's well ahead. Datanalisis gives him a 14 point lead. It said 65% of Venezuelans expect him to win.
A Hinterlaces poll favors Maduro by 18 points. Expect others to show similar results. Maduro looks certain to win. Only his margin of victory remains to be determined.
Venezuelans want him to carry Chavez's torch. He's committed. He won't disappoint. His Bolivarian credentials are exemplary. He's qualified and experienced.
He's driven to do the right thing. He believes public service involves government of, by and for everyone.
He co-founded the Movement for the Fifth Republic (MVR). It's PSUV's predecessor. It champions Bolivarian fairness. It's polar opposite neoliberal harshness. It rejects imperial dominance.
On March 20, Maduro called on Venezuelans to advance Bolivarian principles. "(L)et's welcome debate, criticism, self-criticism and collective learning, besides recalling that in time of battle, we have always been together."
"It was precisely our brotherhood which allowed the return of Commander Hugo Chavez during the right-wing (April 2002) coup," he added.
He calls Venezuela's opposition "a minority full of hate." They "insulted Chavez during his whole life."
Maduro wants normal relations with Washington. He won't sacrifice Bolivarian principles getting them. They matter. He'll advance them.
Millions of Venezuelans depend on his commitment. On April 14, they'll vote. Maduro's sure to win. Chavez transformed Venezuela responsibly. Advancing his legacy matters most.
A Final Comment
On March 11, Fidel Castro said Cubans lost their best friend.
"Although we were aware of the critical state of his health, the news (of his death) hit us hard."
"The honor befell us to have shared with the Bolivarian leader the same ideas of social justice and support for the exploited. The poor are the poor in any part of the world."
Cuban national hero Jose Marti said "Let Venezuela give me a way of serving her: she has in me a son."
"Marti knew the beast because he lived in its entrails," said Castro.
Simon Bolivar said the United States was "destined by fate to plague the Americas with miseries in the name of freedom."
Days after Cuba's 1959 revolution, Castro visited Venezuela. He came to say thanks. He said:
"…Venezuela is the homeland of the Liberator, where the idea of the union of the peoples of America was conceived."
"Therefore, Venezuela must be the country to lead the union of the peoples of America; as Cubans, we support our brothers and sisters in Venezuela."
"I have spoken of these ideas not because I am moved by any kind of personal ambition, or even the ambition of glory, because, at the end of the day, ambitions of glory remain a vanity, and as Martí said, 'All the glory of the world fits into a kernel of corn.' "
"And so, upon coming here to talk in this way to the people of Venezuela, I do so thinking honorably and deeply, that if we want to save America, if we want to save the freedom of each one of our societies that, at the end of the day, are part of one great society, which is the society of Latin America; if it is that we want to save the revolution of Cuba, the revolution of Venezuela and the revolution of all the countries on our continent, we have to come closer to each other and we have to solidly support each other, because alone and divided, we will fail."
He stands by what he said then. He includes all nations America exploits.
"That was the struggle of Hugo Chavez," said Castro.
"Not even he himself suspected how great he was."
"Hasta la victoria siempre (Until victory always), unforgettable friend!"
Fidel Castro Ruz
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Hartsville, S.C. – Ashley Cotton tallied seven points as the Anderson University Trojans spoiled the Coker Lady Cobras senior day with a 6-1 victory in Conference Carolinas women's soccer action on Saturday afternoon. Cotton had a hat trick, while adding an assist in the victory, improving the Trojans to 7-8 overall, and 6-3 in the conference. The loss drops Coker to 0-15 on the year and 0-10 in the conference.
Carrie Settle was the first Trojan to strike, scoring a goal in the fourth minute of the game with an assist from Cotton. Cotton scored her first two goals of the match over the next 25 minutes, with assists from Settle and Jessica Kleinberg on the second goal. Katleyn Conover finished off the first half with an unassisted goal to make it 4-0 at the half.
In the second half, Cotton completed her hat trick with an assist from Tori Danielson for a breakaway goal. Then in the 61st minute Kerrie Cribb (Sumter, S.C.) notched her first goal of the year with an assist from Jill Giguere (Myrtle Beach, S.C.). Joelle Purinton added the final goal of the match with just 30 seconds remaining to give Anderson the 6-1 victory.
Coker goalkeeper Carrie Hudnell (Goose Creek, S.C.) had nine saves, while Anderson's Alyssa Stephens had seven saves.
The Lady Cobras return to action on Tuesday, Oct. 27, when they travel to Catawba College.


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Threat of Pollution in the Yangtze
In addition, the CCICED (China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development) Task Force on Reducing Non-Point Pollution from Crop Production concluded that 92% of the nitrogen discharged into the Yangtze is from agriculture.
Shipping discharges are also to blame for the river's declining health. As well, the extensive loss of floodplain areas to agriculture has reduced the basin's ability to detoxify pollutants.
The major pollutants in the Yangtze mainstem are suspended substances, oxidizing organic and inorganic compounds, and ammonia nitrogen. This has severely reduced drinking water quality and contributed to dramatic eutrophication.
In addition, shallow, slower water flowing in belts adjacent to the banks near urban areas, and in smaller lakes and tributaries off the main stem, suffer even worse eutrophication and higher concentrations of the pollutants.
In addition, the Yangtze is the 4th largest sediment carrier in the world due to the proportion of arable land in its catchment, damming and erosion from land conversion.
In the first 60 years of the 20th century, the Yangtze's sediment yield increased by about 30%, which corresponds to a related increase in surface erosion area in the basin.
Since the 1960's, the sediment yield in many areas of the basin has increased, while the suspended sediment flux has dramatically decreased as it has been trapped in dam reservoirs.
Lastly, hydropower developments impound reservoirs that severely affect water quality. After 13 years of construction, the Three Gorges Dam is now built and will be fully operational in 2008.
The Three Gorges Dam exacerbates water pollution by impounding waters, trapping sediment and increasing eutrophication. Chongqing Municipality, at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers has become the largest economic centre in southwest China, but is the largest source of organic water pollution in the Yangtze upstream of the Three Gorges Dam.
Before the Three Gorges Dam, health impacts in the area were already substantial including intestinal infectious diseases such as hepatitis A, and dysentery incidence rates some 50% higher than the national average. E.coli bacteria is rampant in water sources, and as high as 15,000 E.coli/L in some parts of the city.
The Three Gorges Dam, about 660 Km downstream, reduces the velocity of the Yangtze River, increases its water depth, and alters the natural flow regime. In the huge reservoir behind the dam, eutrophication threatens surface water quality, and near water intakes.
Also, impounded water submerges existing urban water and sanitation infrastructure. In addition, construction for the Three Gorges Dam never included a budget to clean towns of toxic waste before submerging them.
In Wanxian, Wan County, the Three Gorges Dam submerges part of the sewer system and waste water treatment plant as well as dumpsites along the river. Garbage heaps, boat effluent, pig and animal waste, factories, hospitals, and mines containing hazardous and possibly radioactive waste on the bottom of the reservoir are creating serious pollution.
In addition, possible riverbank collapses and landslides as a result of damming will add even more stress to the water quality of the Yangtze.
In one study, cadmium levels in irrigation waters at Hubei Province in the middle reaches of the Yangtze were 160 times applicable water standards.
Tests from the hair of affected populations revealed that the levels of cadmium are 5 times higher than background levels and only marginally lower than the threshold concentration causing itai-itai disease in humans. Local Chinese experts are now describing pollution in the Yangtze as 'cancerous'.


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This set consists of 4 coffee cups and two saucers. Th eset is all in very good condition, there is slight wear on the lustre of the plates. The set is peach lustre in color.
This amber colored glass bottle appears to be a whiskey decanter or possibly a large snuff bottle. There is a chicken motif within the glass on one side. I am unsure of the circa of this bottle, but is in excellent condition.
This Fenton glass shoe amber colored carnival glass. The shoe has hand-painted flowers on the front and states it is hand-painted by J.Watson. This shoe is in excellent condition and is a great addition to a collection.


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