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Saturday 16th May 2015
T-MET Junior Football Championship 1st Round
Ballyhegan Davitts v St. Patrick's Cullyhanna IIs
The Athletic Grounds on a fine May evening played host to Ballyhegan's opening match in the Junior Championship for 2015. St. Pat's II's, familiar opponents over the past few seasons, provided the opposition for what was a hard fought game that the Davitts managed to hang on in to take the victory in dramatic circumstances.
The Cullyhanna men opened the scoring after 2 minutes but midfielder Mark Hughes hit back 4 minutes later, getting on the end of a quick free from Conal McKeever and firing over. St. Pat's took the lead again a minute later and threatened to extend it further only to be denied by Jonny McKeever in the Ballyhegan goal. This save spurred the team on and they were level again within the minute, this time through half forward Paul Nixon. Once more St. Pat's went into the lead, this time from a free kick on 15 minutes. The Davitts hit back immeadiately with good build up play from Thomas Reynolds and Conal McKeever resulting in half back Rory McKeever slotting between the posts. Jonny McKeever was called on once more and again denied Cullyhanna a goal. James McKeever was able to capitalise on this giving Ballyhegan the lead for the first time in the game, running through the defence from the right hand side and slotting over.
Half time: Ballyhegan 0-04 St. Patrick's IIs 0-03
The second half got underway with both sides keen to kick on from what they both would considered poor first half performances. It was St. Pat's got off to the better start, pointing from a short range free to level the game again but Ballyhegan would be much the happier side 10 minutes into the half as they responded to this score by hitting 2-02 in a 5 minute spell without reply. Conal McKeever hit both points - the first following good work from Paul Nixon and the second from a dead ball - before Paul Nixon found himself on the end of a James McKeever through-ball with just the keeper to beat, which he did putting it low to the corner. Two minutes later it was Jack Rafferty, who was covering every blade of grass on the pitch, that found himslef with a goal opportunity that he duly dispatched to open up a 8 point leat for the Davitts. Cullyhanna, to their credit, were far from done. The Davitts seemed to go to sleep and over the next 20 minutes, through a lot of errors from Ballyhegan and some decent play from St. Pat's they reeled off 6 unanswered points to leave 2 in it with less than 5 minutes to go. James McKeever got an important point for Ballyhegan on 57minutes to settle things a little but Cullyhanna hit back within the minute with a free kick. Piling the pressure on now, a goal mouth scramble resulted in the referee awarding a penalty to St. Pat's. With 60 minutes on the clock and 2 points down St. Pat's hoped to sneak victory with a late goal but Ballyhegan captain and goal keeper Jonny McKeever had other ideas, diving low to his right to save the penalty and for the third time on the night deny the Cullyhanna men a goal. 3 minutes of injury time were to be played. St. Pat's hit another point 2 minutes into that to leave the minimum between the sides but in the final seconds Conal McKeever got on the end of a long range free to punch over and seal the victory for the Davitts.
Full time: Ballyhegan 2-08 St. Patrick's IIs 0-12
A good victory in the end for the Davitts to see them progress to the next round to face Clonmore. Ballyhegan will be concerned with how they let Cullyhanna back into it in the second half and didn't push on to put them away sooner. Though the fantastic football they played in the opening stages of the second half and a captain's performance in nets proved to be just about enough in the end. A lot of hard work will need to be done in training and in the league matched over the summer if we are to pprogress further when we play Clonmore in August.
Ballyhegan team lined out as follows: Jonny McKeever (c), Roger McCormick (Shane McKeever 44), Mark McKeever, Shane McKeever, Tony Keegan (Joey Murphy 56), Rory McKeever 0-01, Mark Hughes 0-01, John Guy (Ronan Devlin 14), Paul Nixon 1-01, Thomas Reynolds, James McKeever 0-02, Daniel McKeever, Jack Rafferty 1-00, Conal McKeever 0-03 1f
Subs: James McKeever, Joe McKeever, Shane McKeever, Joey Murphy, Ronan Devlin, James McAtarsney, Stefan McNally, Shane Morgan, Tiernan Power, Michael Hamill, Patrick Marley, PJ McNally
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- Research article
- Open Access
Fast and accurate simulations of transmission-line metamaterials using transmission-matrix method
- Hui Feng Ma1,
- Tie Jun Cui1Email author,
- Jessie Yao Chin1 and
- Qiang Cheng1
© Ma et al 2008
- Received: 25 November 2007
- Accepted: 08 April 2008
- Published: 08 April 2008
Recently, two-dimensional (2D) periodically L and C loaded transmission-line (TL) networks have been applied to represent metamaterials. The commercial Agilent's Advanced Design System (ADS) is a commonly-used tool to simulate the TL metamaterials. However, it takes a lot of time to set up the TL network and perform numerical simulations using ADS, making the metamaterial analysis inefficient, especially for large-scale TL networks. In this paper, we propose transmission-matrix method (TMM) to simulate and analyze the TL-network metamaterials efficiently. Compared to the ADS commercial software, TMM provides nearly the same simulation results for the same networks. However, the model-process and simulation time has been greatly reduced. The proposed TMM can serve as an efficient tool to study the TL-network metamaterials.
PACS Codes:41.20.Jb
- Current Distribution
- Characteristic Impedance
- Transmission Matrix
- Voltage Distribution
- Node Voltage
In 1968, Veselago first proposed the concept of left-handed material (LHM) [1]. The new medium exhibits many particular properties because of its negative permittivity and negative permeability. However, LHM does not exist in nature, which has to be realized using periodic structures with the unit cell of split-ring resonators (SRR) and conducting wires [2–5] or electric LC (ELC) resonators [6]. The two-dimensional (2D) L and C loaded transmission-line (TL) networks is another method to realize LHM [7–17]. Both isotropic [7–14] and anisotropic TL metamaterials [15–17] have been studied. The particular 2D L and C loaded TL networks can be equivalent to relevant media. In order to obtain the voltage and current distributions on the periodically TL networks, which are equivalent to the field distributions in metamaterial, the Agilent's Advanced Design System (ADS) has been used [8–17]. If we want to observe the node voltages and currents of the LC-loaded TL networks when using ADS, the observation nodes should be labeled in ADS, which is extremely time and memory consuming for large-scale circuit structures. The numerical simulations were time consuming too for large-scale structures using ADS.
Are there some methods which can be used to set up the model quickly and to simulate the TL strucutures efficiently? The transmission-matrix method (TMM) is a good choice [18]. TMM can construct the LC-loaded networks automatically and quickly. The most important thing is that one does not need to label the observation nodes. Hence TMM can save much time and vigor in the construction of TL metamaterials and is more efficient than ADS. Caloz and Itoh have studied such a method in Ref. [19] to analyze TL metamaterials. However, they only considered the periodic structures composed of lumped inductance and capacitance, the composed right/left-handed circuits, in which the transmission lines are not involved [19]. Also, the voltage and current distributions obtained from this method cannot be equivalent to those from the ADS simulations, because the load impedances of observers are added to observation nodes.
In this paper, we generalize the TMM approach to study the 2D LC-loaded TL periodic structures, which have been widely used to represent metamaterials [7–17]. Both the voltage and current distributions on the LC-loaded TL structures can be computed accurately and efficiently using the proposed TMM, which have excellent agreements to the ADS simulation results. However, the time used in the model setup and numerical simulations have been greatly reduced. The proposed TMM approach can also solve large-scale TL metamaterials, which can hardly be realized using ADS.
Theoretical analysis of TMM
which can be referred to Eq. (4.18) in Ref. [19].
where the computation of matrices [Th1], [Tv] and [Th2] is similar to that in Ref. [19].
Voltage and current distributions
In Eqs. (4) and (5), and [X] are all m × m matrices.
[I in ] = [I11] + [I12]
in which y kk is the kth-row and kth-column element of matrix [Y].
We remark that the kth element of the matrix [I in ] is Iin, k, and all other elements are zero. Hence, once we obtain Iin, k, the matrix [I in ] will be known, and then matrices [V in ], [I11] and [I12] will also be determined from Eqs. (13), (10) and (11), respectively.
Similarly, we can obtain the output voltages and currents at points located on the left side of the source. Using the same method, we can also deal with the cases of two given sources which are located at the same row.
The above method can be used to analyze the electromagnetic properties of 2D TL metamaterials such as super lens [7–11], EM localizations [12, 13], and super waveguides [14] with high efficiencies and high accuracies.
Simulation results
To verify the accuracy of TMM further, we give a full comparison of TMM-simulation results to the commercial ADS-simulation results. We consider an example of super waveguide, which is a planar waveguide filled with air and left-handed material (LHM) [14, 20]. It has been shown that extremely high-power densities with opposite propagation directions can be generated and transmitted along the waveguide if the air and LHM have equal thickness and the permittivity and permeability of LHM satisfy ε = ε0(1 + δ) and μ = -μ0/(1 + δ), in which δ is a small parameter [20]. The above theoretical prediction has been realized using 2D LC-loaded TL metamaterials [14]. Now we re-analysis the TL-metamaterial super waveguide using the TMM technique.
We remark that much less time has been used in TMM than that in ADS, since it takes long time to label the voltage and current probes in ADS for the 179 × 18 network. At least several days were taken to set up and simulate such a large-scale TL metamaterial using ADS, while it only takes several minutes to solve the same problem using TMM.
In this paper, a TMM approach has been proposed to determine the voltage and current distributions on 2D LC-loaded TL metamaterials. The proposed TMM has the same accuracy as ADS for numerical simulations of finite-size metamaterial structures. However, it is much easier to set up LC-loaded TL models and save much more time using TMM than ADS. For large-scale metamaterial structures, ADS can even not be used due to the large memory requirements. As an example, for the large-scale TL-metamaterial super waveguide [14] with 179 × 18 unit cells, whose results are shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the total computation time is only 36.543 seconds using TMM in a 2G-memory personal computer. The method is realized by MATLAB with computing 18 358 × 358 matrices. We also realized the same super waveguide using ADS. It took us nearly two weeks to set up the circuit model and label the observation nodes in the same 2G-memory personal computer. The boring work is labeling the observation nodes, which must be very careful and to avoid mistakes. When the circuit structure is constructed, the total simulation time using ADS is about fifteen minutes. Compared to ADS, TMM is much more efficient when treating particular circuits with large amount of same unit cells such as the TL metamaterials.
This work was supported in part by the National Basic Research Program (973) of China under Grant No. 2004CB719802, in part by the National Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 60671015, 60496317, 60225001, and 60621002, and in part by the National Doctoral Foundation of China under Grant No. 20040286010.
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Serena Tsukino (月野 うさぎ Tsukino Usagi) is the primary protagonist of Sailor Moon. Serena is the reincarnation of Princess Serena (often referred to as Princess Serenity), Princess of the Moon Kingdom (and the daughter of Queen Serenity) and the secret identity of the planetary warrior, Sailor Moon. Serena is a lazy and clumsy schoolgirl who lived in Tokyo, Japan. She also has arms of incredible length.
Previous LifeEdit
Princess of the MoonEdit
Born 1,000 years ago on the Moon, Princess Serena she was the beautiful daughter of Queen Serenity. She was in love with the Prince Darien on Earth. At the height of the Moon Kingdom, the Negaverse invaded the kingdom. Queen Beryl killed Princess Serena and Prince Darien. Realizing she'd lost her daughter, Queen Serenity used the Imperium Silver Crystal in conjunction with the Crescent Moon Wand to seal the Queen Beryl and the Negaforce away.
However, knowing that the negative forces would eventually break free, she instructed Luna and Artemis to find the Sailor Scouts when the Negaverse was awakened. Using the last of her life force, Queen Serenity She then sent all of the subjects of the Moon Kingdom to be reborn in future and died shortly thereafter.
Princess Serena was reborn on Earth as Serena, the daughter of Kenji and Ikuko Tsukino. Serena spent the earliest part of her childhood as an only child until her mother became pregnant with her little brother, Sammy. On the day of her little brother's birth, Serena met an orphaned Darien Shields, the reincarnation of Prince Darien. The two connected immediately after Darien expressed his sadness over losing his friend, Fiore. Hoping to comfort him, Serena gave Darien a rose as a token of her friendship and to show that he would never be alone again.
Serena spent the first fourteen years of her life on Earth unaware of her previous life as the Princess of the Moon. Adopting the traits of her new mother, Serena grew to become a struggling student and something of slacker, constantly late for school. Much to the displeasure of her parents, Serena shirked her responsibilities as a member her family and as a result of her spoiled nature, often whined about performing rudimentary tasks. Her relationship with Darien would also grow to become antagonistic, Darien often teasing her about her bad habits and hairstyle.
Becoming Sailor MoonEdit
On her way home from school, Serena saw a cat, she'd later come to know as Luna, being picked on by cruel kids, and discovered a crescent moon on her forehead. That same day, the Negaverse began gathering energy. As Queen Beryl's commander, Jedite, sent the Negamonster, Morga, to drain energy, disguised as her best friend's, Molly Baker, mother, Luna told Serena that she was Sailor Moon, and gave her a locket to allow her to transform into Sailor Moon. Though Serena was frightened by the talking cat, she followed her orders and repeated the phrase, "Moon Prism Power!"
She then went to the jewelry store to face Morga. After the arrival of the mysterious Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Moon used her special attack, Moon Tiara Magic and destroyed Morga. Following her first victory against the Negaverse, Luna gave Serena the Luna Pen, allowing her to use the ability to disguise herself in various personas for every given situation.
Serena foiled three more of Jedite's schemes, destroying two monsters and releasing some men from Jedite's control. Serena became friends with a girl named Amy Anderson. Luna init ally suspected Amy to be an agent of the Negaverse, but was later discovered that Amy was the reincarnation of Sailor Mercury. With With her help, Sailor Moon destroyed the Negamonster, Garoben.
After another of Jedite's plans was foiled, Raye Hino was revealed as the reincarnation of Sailor Mars, another member of the Moon Kingdom's court. Though relieved they found another scout, Serena's relationship with Raye was tense. On top of sharing a like-minded interest in Tuxedo Mask, they also liked Darien.
Raye showed complete contempt for Serena's laziness and whining, the latter of which often triggered fights between them. Raye's tendency to agree with Darien on Serena's behavior make things between herself and the alter ego of Tuxedo Mask, tense as well.
Serena, Amy and Raye fought against Jedite and his monsters on each of his attempts. After Sailor Moon destroyed Titus, Jedite challenged the Sailor Scouts to a battle at the airport. As a result of his defeat at their hands, Jedite was put into Eternal Sleep by Queen Beryl.
From here, Neflite became Queen Beryl's top commander, and the Sailor Scouts foiled every one of his evil plans. Soon, Neflite turned good, saving Molly from three of Zoycite's monsters, but was killed in the process. Sailor Moon and Sailor Mars killed all three monsters.
When Zoycite began looking for Rainbow Crystals and turning the seven crystal carriers into monsters (who are really the Seven Shadows, whose souls were inside the carriers), Sailor Moon received the Crescent Moon Wand from Luna, and used Moon Healing Activation to heal them all, one by one, in the course of their efforts to find and obtain the rainbow crystals before the Negaverse, and oppositely, Tuxedo Mask, who wished to find them for his own reasons. Serena's powers worked on every person turned into a monster by Zoycite.
During their hunt for the Rainbow Crystals, Serena and Luna discovered another reborn Sailor Scout, Sailor Jupiter, was Lita Kino, a young woman Serena became friends with after she defended her against bullies.
The Past RevealedEdit
Mina Aino, the reincarnation of Sailor Venus, was the last to join Serena and the others, and came of her own volition, having already been discovered by, Artemis, an ally of Luna's.
Serena and Darien's relationship brought to a new head when Serena encounters him again after his battle with Zoycite. Serena proceeded to tease and make fun of him until she slapped his the side of his back that hurt. When she spotted the blood on her hand, she chose to follow him to find out what was going on. Unaware of his deal with Zoycite, she was taken with Darien to another dimension inside the Tokyo Tower.
She was forced to transform into Sailor Moon in front of Darien when the elevator they rode in was attacked, and in turn, she discovered that he was Tuxedo Mask. After he was injured by Zoycite, Serena discovered she was the lost Moon Princess, and defeated Zoycite.
Her past as Princess Serena was revealed to her by Luna and Artemis. She then fought off Zoycite's successor, Malachite. Malachite's task was to find Serena, kill her, and take the Imperium Silver Crystal from her.
He turned people into monsters, but they were all healed by Sailor Moon. Eventually, Sailor Moon healed Darien, but he was recaptured by the Negaverse. On their way to the Negaverse, Sailor Moon and the others encountered Malachite. After the full story of the Moon Kingdom was revealed to them by Queen Serenity, Sailor Moon killed Malachite by reflecting his own attack back at him.
One by one, the Sailor Scouts were all captured by the Doom and Gloom Girls, and Sailor Moon fought Queen Beryl alone. After healing Prince Darien again, she fought Queen Beryl merged with the Negaforce. Powered up by the other Sailor Scouts, Sailor Moon destroyed Beryl with Cosmic Moon Power, ending the Negaverse for good. Along with Darien and the other Sailor Scouts, Serena's memories of being Sailor Moon were erased following Beryl's defeat.
Sailor Moon REdit
Doom Tree ArcEdit
Serena's memories were restored by Luna when Alan and Ann sent the Cardian, Vampeal, to gather energy for the Doom Tree. She transformed into Sailor Moon and destroyed Vampeal with her tiara. However, Sailor Moon's tiara lost its power sometime after the other Sailor Scouts returned. Her locket was destroyed by Cardian Racy, de-transforming her, but Queen Serenity gave her a new locket, saying "Moon Crystal Power" to transform.
Using an attack called Moon Scepter Elimination, Sailor Moon destroyed Racy. From here, Sailor Moon and the others foiled more of Alan and Ann's plans. In the first episode of Sailor Moon R, Alan, posing as a human, fell in love with Serena. After Serena and Darien discovered Alan and Ann's true identities, the Doom Tree attacked them. Eventually, the truth about the Doom Tree was revealed, and Alan and Ann left Earth with it to start a better life. Darien's memories were restored when the Moonlight Knight (the manifestation of his desire to protect Serena) recombined with him.
Negamoon ArcEdit
Afterward, Rini appeared from the future and brainwashed Serena's family into thinking she was her cousin. The evil Rubeus and his Negamoon Sisters tried to capture Rini and take over crystal points in Tokyo with their droids, but Serena destroyed each of the droids. Darien, after hearing a voice in his nightmares, broke up with Serena. Once the Negamoon Sisters decided to turn good, Serena healed them with Moon Crystal Healing Activation. She then fought Rubeus inside his ship, and defeated him when Rini broke his power source.
After the death of Rubeus, Emerald took over, sending droids to fill Tokyo's weak points with negative energy. Serena foiled each of her plans, destroying all her droids. The Sailor Scouts eventually went to the future with Rini. It was revealed by King Darien that he and Neo Queen Serenity (currently encased in crystal) are the future selves of Serena and Darien, and Rini is their daughter, and he wanted to test their affection for each other. Prince Diamond was in love with Sailor Moon, which made Emerald jealous, resulting in Wiseman turning her into a dragon. She was subsequently destroyed by Sailor Moon.
Eventually, Sailor Moon convinced Diamond that Wiseman has been lying to him, and Wiseman attempted to kill him. He eventually sacrificed himself to save her. Sailor Moon then convinced Rini, whom Wiseman had turned into Wicked Lady, that she and the others did love her, and she became Rini again. Wiseman attacked them a final time in an attempt to open the Dark Gate and destroy the world, but Sailor Moon, and later Rini, transformed into their princess forms and used the Imperium Silver Crystal from the past and future to destroy Wiseman.
Sailor Moon SEdit
Sailor Moon and the others had to foil several evil plans by Kaorinite, the assistant of Doctor Tomoe, leader of the Bureau of Bad Behavior, sending Daimon Heart Snatchers to extract Pure Hearts. When the Heart Snatcher Nekonnell attacked Sailor Moon, the power of the love between her and Darien took them to the Moon Kingdom where Sailor Moon received the Spiral Moon Heart Scepter. Sailor Moon used Moon Spiral Heart Attack to destroy Nekonnell, and did the same with most of the following Daimons sent by Kaorinite and her successors.
The Sailor Scouts initially did not get along with the two Outer Sailor Scouts, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune, but at one point, Sailor Moon and Sailor Uranus worked together to stop one of Kaori Knight's plans.
At one point, Serena's Pure Heart was extracted by the Daimon Senishenta, but was not one of the three Kaorinite was searching for. She was the fourth of the Sailor Scouts to be targeted for her Pure Heart.
After Kaori Knight was killed, Eugeal took over. This led to a battle at an island where the three Pure Hearts were used to summon the Purity Chalice (the holders of the Pure hearts survived and got their Pure Hearts back). Sailor Moon and Eugeal raced for it, but Sailor Moon got it first and turned into Super Sailor Moon, increasing her power. She defeated Eugeal, who drove off and later crashed because of Mimet, who then took over. Sailor Moon was initially believed to be the Sovereign who would stop the Silence, but after she collapsed from the power, Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune thought otherwise.
Sailor Moon foiled more of Mimet's schemes, destroying her Daimons by turning into Super Sailor Moon and using Rainbow Heart Ache, until Mimet was killed by Telulu. After stopping the final three witches, Telulu, Byruit, and Cyprin, Sailor Moon tried to protect Hotaru Tomoe, who was the host of Mistress 9. Once Doctor Tomoe was returned to normal, and Mistress 9 destroyed by Hotaru, who then became Sailor Saturn and tried to destroy Pharaoh 90, Sailor Moon received power from the other Sailor Scouts (including Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune) and transformed into Super Sailor Moon (the Purity Chalice could not be used for this because it was destroyed when Pharaoh was summoned). She then entered Pharaoh 90 and destroyed him by destroying his core. She also saved Hotaru from Pharaoh 90, though Hotaru was turned into a baby.
Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune challenged Sailor Moon for who should be the leader, as they were still unable to forgive her for risking the world's existence to save one person, but eventually they were defeated, and accepted her as their leader.
Sailor Moon SuperSEdit
Sailor Moon then had to deal with the Amazon Trio, foiling each of their plans and destroying their monsters. The Amazon Trio's goal was to find the one with beautiful dreams, by looking into the bearers dream mirror. Sailor Moon's Moon Spiral Heart Attack did not work on Hawk's Eye, one of the Amazon Trio members. When Pegasus gave her and Rini the ability to turn into Super Sailor Scouts, she learned a new attack. By Super Sailor Mini Moon summoning Pegasus using her bell, Super Sailor Moon could used Moon Gorgeous Meditation to destroy the Remless sent by the Amazon Trio as they searched people's dream mirrors for Pegasus.
Serena was suspected to be the holder of Pegasus, and after she was targeted by Hawk's Eye, her dream mirror was destroyed by Mr. Magic Pierrot, but was rebuilt when Tiger's Eye and Fish Eye gave up the power that made them human to rebuild the mirror, enabling her to transform into Super Sailor Moon and destroy Mr. Magic Pierrot. The Amazon Trio were revived by Pegasus.
Afterward, the Super Sailor Scouts had to deal with the Amazon Quartet. In the end, Super Sailor Moon defeated them and fought Zirconia, defeating him as well. The Amazon Quartet turned good, and Zirconia was killed when Queen Nehelenia, the leader of the Dark Moon Circus, escaped her mirror.
Super Sailor Moon fought Nehelenia, who was unstoppable with the Golden Crystal, until the Amazon Quartet switched it for a pineapple, and Super Sailor Moon and Super Sailor Mini Moon reawakened the power of the Golden Crystal and used it to defeat Nehelenia, who survived and threw Super Sailor Mini Moon over the edge of the circus. Super Sailor Moon jumped off after her (Nehelenia returned to her mirror for eternity). Super Sailor Moon and Super Sailor Mini Moon were turned into Princess Serena and Princess Rini with wings, and survived the fall.
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- Many of the attacks used by Sailor Moon are used to destroy the monster of the week. However, there are cases wherein her abilities are used to restore a monster or enemy to their original state (human or otherwise noted).
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- Moon Tiara Magic/Action: Sailor Moon throws her tiara to destroy the enemies, turning them into "moondust". It is mostly used on Negamonsters.
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- Moon Healing Activation: Sailor Moon uses the Crescent Moon Wand to heal anyone turned into a monster, or turned evil. It permanently destroys the monster they are turned into, preventing the healed victim from being transformed into that monster again.
- Cosmic Moon Power: This attack is powered by the Silver Imperium Crystal and the Crescent Moon Wand. It can weaken the enemies, or even, if she has enough power, completely obliterate them. This was used to defeat Zoycite and Malachite (the latter was killed when she reflected his attack back at him), and formed a giant energy ball to destroy Queen Beryl.
- Moon Scepter Elimination: Sailor Moon uses the Moon Scepter to attack and disintegrate her enemies, or reduce them into dust. This is mostly used on Cardians and Droids, but was also used to defeat both Rubeus and Emerald.
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- Moon Spiral Heart Attack: This attack uses the Spiral Heart Moon Scepter to destroy the enemy. This is mostly used on Daimons, killing them and turning them back into the item they were created from.
- Rainbow Moon Heart Ache: This is upgraded from Moon Spiral Heart Attack, which can only be used when Sailor Moon is in her Super Sailor Moon form.
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- Moon Gorgeous Meditation: This attack uses the Energy Rainbow Moon Wand. Super Sailor Moon uses this attack after Super Sailor Mini Moon summons Pegasus, and destroys the enemy. This is mostly used on Remless.
Original Japanese adaptationEditIn the original Japanese anime adaptation of Naoko Takeuchi's manga, Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, the character Sailor Moon was named Usagi Tsukino. Her name, literally translated, means "Bunny". This translation was made her given name in the first localization of the Pretty Solider Sailor Moon manga by Tokyopop.
Usagi's personality in the English localization of Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon, both as Sailor Moon and Princess and Queen Serenity, are little changed in the original anime and manga despite the downplaying of her hometown --- the Azabu Jūban district in Tokyo, Japan --- in the original DiC dub. In either the manga or the anime, Usagi remains a fourteen year old school girl living in the 20th century Tokyo. Her character remains adverse to studying and does not appear to view her life or responsibilities with a great deal of seriousness. As a result she ignores her chores and schoolwork for playing video games and daydreaming.
Something of a crybaby, Usagi slowly matures over the course of the manga and anime into a sure-footed young adult who can make decisions own her own, thanks to the guidance of her guardian cat, Luna and her allies, the Sailor Senshi (Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Venus). Usagi was voiced by actress, Kotono Mitsuishi. Template:Clear
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- "Serena" means "calm" or "serene". Her given name in the English dub is a reference to her previous incarnation's name in both the manga and anime, "Serenity".
- Though Tracey Moore was replaced by Terri Hawkes as Serena mid-way through the first season, she voiced the character in episode 14, Dangerous Dollies and again in episode 21, Jupiter Comes Thundering In. This may suggest that the episodes were intended to be aired out of order.
- Because of her pregnancy, Terri Hawkes declined to return to voice Serena.[1][2] She was replaced by Linda Ballantyne in the third and fourth seasons of Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon S and Sailor Moon SuperS). However, she would return to voice Serena in the Pioneer Entertainment produced dubs for The Promise of the Rose, Hearts In Ice and The Black Dream Hole.
- Sailor Moon's onscreen kill count is almost twice that of James Bond (not counting unnamed and insignificant minions). Bond's kill count for named or otherwise significant characters (in the course of his 20 films) is 64, while Sailor Moon's is 127 (counting Leo the Lion and the frozen Jedite as destroyed along with the Negaverse, counting Byruit and Doorknobder as indirect, and not counting the monster forms of Misha and Janelle since they seemed more corrupted than possessed).
- Serena has an appetite that nearly rivals that of Son Goku from Dragonball Z.
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Located south of Biarritz, Mer et Golf ILBARRITZ Aparthotel is situated in an idyllic setting combining the splendour of the golf course, the immensity of the ocean and the Pyrenees as a backdrop. This luxury aparthotel contains 100 apartments with terraces, ranging from fully equipped studios for 2 people to 2 bedroom apartments for 8 people with kitchen (mini-oven, dishwasher, refrigerator…), TV and direct telephone line.
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One amazing thing about a relationship with Jesus is that we can talk and listen to Him anywhere, whether we're sitting at a table, taking a walk, or driving the car. If you're like me, you might find it hard to sit down for your daily devotionals without getting distracted or dozing off (yes, I've SO done that).
Here's where I've found yoga an amazing tool: yoga postures and breathing techniques keep me focused on Christ during Scripture reading, meditation, and prayer. It's not just about the inner focus, either: Postures can help unite the body with the inner heart during prayer and meditation. For example, if we take the
model of prayer, you can see how yoga and Christian meditation can blend together so beautifully:
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High Mountain (Tadasana) brings the hands to the sky, sending the heart upwards in praise of our Creator God.
C - Confession:
Forward Fold (Uttanasana) folds the body in a bow, allowing the heart to open in repentance before Christ.
T - Thanksgiving:
Hands to heart (Anjali Mudra) brings the hands to prayer position. Practiced with calm breathing, this posture can help bring our awareness to the blessings God has given us.
S - Supplication:
Child's Pose (Balasana) reflects vulnerability and surrender, as one's knees and head are on the floor. Here, we can be reminded that God our Father reigns supreme and has control over things we do not.
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The Pikes Peak Council of the Boy Scouts of America has announced that the popcorn scouts are selling as part of their annual fundraising effort does not contain the
butter flavoring chemical (diacetyl), On the Westside are Cub Scouts Pack 6 (Howbert Elementary), Pack 2 (Bristol Elementary), Pack 22 (Ivywild Elementary) and
Pack 24 (Washington Elementary); and Boy Scouts Troop 3 (Trinity United Methodist Church).
Formerly a widespread flavoring chemical, diacetyl had been considered safe until a link was made between a life-threatening lung disease and food company employees who had inhaled large dosages of it. As a result, Weaver Popcorn, which the Pikes Peak Council uses, replaced diacetyl with another flavor formulation, according to Ian Lillien, scout executive for the Pikes Peak Council.
Last year the Pikes Peak Council sold more than $1.1 million worth of popcorn, all of which benefitted local scouting, he said.
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Everyone with an email address is familiar with "phishing" emails – messages from people asking for help or alerting you to danger. From alleged African princes who want to deposit money in your bank account and then give you a percentage, to good Samaritans supposedly alerting you to the fact that your account has been compromised and you need to change your passwords, most people know to send these emails straight to the trash folder.
However, there's a new phishing scheme that's becoming increasingly popular and is taking in even savvy email users who know enough not to respond to Nigerian royalty.
Phishing for Miles
Delta Airlines recently issued an alert to their SkyMiles customers, reading in part, "We have recently received reports from customers of fraudulent emails claiming to be from Delta Air Lines. These emails claim that you have purchased a Delta ticket, a credit card has been charged and/or an invoice or receipt is attached to the email."
What's going on? Simple – the latest scheme to steal your information is targeting members of frequent flyer programs, in order to do two things:
- Get you to open an attachment that will install malware on your computer, which can record keystrokes and steal passwords, leading thieves to your bank and credit card accounts.
- Get you to send them your frequent flyer account information directly, so they can use your miles to travel the world – or more likely, sell them to someone else who will take a trip courtesy of your miles.
Delta isn't the only airline raising the red flag to try to protect its customers – US Airways also put up a message on their site advising customers, "we would never ask you to perform security-related changes to your account or send you an email asking about your user name, password or other personal information. If you receive a suspicious email, do not click on any links or open any attachments. Just delete it."
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Many people may not realize that their frequent flyer miles can be used like cash, and anyone with their username and password can drain those miles right out of their loyalty account, just as they could from a bank account.
- To protect your frequent flyer account, Delta and Us Airways gave a few of the following tips:
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- Keep a close eye on your account and monitor all activity
- Never click on links in emails or open attachments
- Delete suspicious emails from your inbox
Suspicious Signs
Both Delta and US Airways want customers to know that they never send emails asking them to make changes to their accounts or asking for usernames, passwords, or other personal data. Things to watch for in emails, that usually indicate they are fraudulent, include these tip-offs:
- Claims that they are offering free airline tickets
- Requests for account information
- Bad grammar, typos, and misspelled words
- URLs that point to unfamiliar web addresses when you scroll over the links
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Many people sign up for a credit card like the Gold Delta SkyMiles card from American Express or the Virgin America Visa Signature Card for the sign-on bonuses (the Gold Delta card currently offers 30,000 bonus miles for new customers and the Virgin America card offers 25,000 airline travel points). It would be a shame to lose those sign-on bonuses to a phishing scheme, so people should be on the lookout and stay alert to suspicious emails if they want to keep those miles safe.


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The making of Rick James's ghetto symphony, Street Songs
by Tony Best
The following are outtakes from our Rick James cover story in Wax Poetics Issue 23.
Ice Cube: entertainment mogul/recording artist
The Fixxers (Quik & AMG): recording artists/production duo
Dr. Todd Boyd: author/professor of Critical Studies, USC School of Cinematic Arts
Fred Wreck: producer/DJ
Chromeo (Pee Thug & Dave 1): recording artists/production duo
Steven Ivory: author/media culture critic
Suzzane dePasse: president, Motown Productions
Harry Weinger: producer, Street Songs (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
Nancy Leiviska: vice president of video production, Motown Records
Levi Ruffin, Jr.: keyboardist, Stone City Band
Daniel LeMelle: saxophonist, Stone City Band
DR. TODD BOYD: Everybody was listening to that album. People on the streets, people in their cars passing by. By 1981, there weren't a lot of artists doing concept albums, like Marvin had done or Curtis Mayfield had done. So to hear Street Songs centered around this concept of ghetto life, it represented a different kind of energy. It was deep.
ICE CUBE: I remember my friend's big brother would listen to the album. He was the kind of dude who had the big 'fro, had the black light in his room with the velvet posters of the Black goddesses. He would play the shit out that record — cassette back then. And it ended up being my favorite record at the time. I bugged my older brothers and sisters to buy it for me. I wasn't really into singers back then, aside from James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, and now Rick James after hearing this record.
QUIK: We used to have this old Fischer stereo, and when Street Songs came out, we bought the record, picked our favorite songs, and shared it with the neighborhood. We put the speaker box out the window of our house. Mexicans and Blacks used to dance to all of that shit.
FRED WRECK: As far as that era of music that has affected music now: Rick James, Roger Troutman, Parliament, Prince, of course…those guys right there really changed the sound of the '80s. The ripples of their sound is still being felt today.
DAVE 1: We felt that we brought that Rick James attitude to the world of electronic music. When we did our first album, people were into electroclash and New Order sounding stuff. It wasn't trendy to have a funk, '80s Black music influence. But we went ahead and did it.
STEVEN IVORY: To this day, I compare Street Songs to the pivotal record that any artist has. I call that his Songs in the Key of Life, his Mothership Connection, his 1999, his Thriller, or, better yet, Off the Wall.
DAVE 1: To me, Street Songs is Off the Wall's evil twin.
DR. TODD BOYD: Where I give Rick a lot of credit is he basically brought the streets into it. This was the beginning of the crack-cocaine era [and] Reaganomics. Hip-hop came to the West Coast and was really embraced as this street aesthetic. And these West Coast cats love Rick. To the gangsters, he was like an icon. But the iconography is a little confusing. When you think of a thug now, a gangster, there's a look. It's hard. But when you look at Rick on the album cover, it's kind of androgynous and effeminate by contemporary standards.
ICE CUBE: It looked street to me, with cops and the prostitutes in the background. But the outfit Rick had on to me was, like—I don't know, man. Ain't nobody going to walk down the street like that.
DR. TODD BOYD: It's different than the way we look at the representation of that sort street masculinity now. To see this cat with braids—even though cats were wearing cornrows—the knee-high red boots…that's a little different than a skully and Carhartt gear, you know what I'm saying? When Dave Chappelle did that whole skit on Rick, it was funny seeing him impersonate his style. Because, based on today's standards, Rick looked more like Prince did. But he's still embraced by thugs, by hard-core gangsters. Although the iconography's confusing, because the street images and styles have changed, but Street Songs is certainly a precursor to what would become Straight Outta Compton, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, Illmatic, no question.
AMG: It was like hip-hop, but it was straight funk. What's funny is that rappers were trying to do funk records back then, like the Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. But Street Songs had the pussy records, the fuck-the-police records—it basically had the early elements of an NWA record.
ICE CUBE: Street Songs is kind of like the first gangster record. I felt like he was talking to me. It was the most hard-core record you could get at the time. There wasn't anything else that I could remember—maybe a couple of rap records was out—but as far as R&B, this was about as hard and on the edge as you could get.
PEE THUGG: Man, it's much harder than a lot of shit that's out today. Dude talks about all the realities of his life. All these things still apply today in our current street life.
FRED WRECK: If that album came out right now, it would be such a street album. It's a timeless street album. Street Songs is in the same category as DoggyStyle, Straight Outta Compton, Eazy-Duz-It. But in an R&B, soulful, gospel, funk way.
AMG: Rick was speaking to folks that Prince wasn't speaking to, Zapp wasn't speaking to. He spoke to the niggas. When we were kids, we couldn't wait until your mama left the house so you could really bump the record.
QUIK: It wasn't an alienating record. It invited everybody in. It spoke of the ghetto—police, weed, freaky bitches, the parties. And then he had the ballads for his good girls.
PEE THUGG: Rick James's attitude gave punch and realness to his records. It's a part of his music, perfectly balanced; it's a whole. He was always respected as a artist/musician, but I think the more recent post-Chappelle interest in Rick made too much of it, not concentrating on the music enough. That was a big disappointment to me. Everybody was too focused on the popular "I'm Rick James, bitch." They were too busy talking about the bad things like his cocaine addiction (which isn't funny) and flamboyant persona, completely forgetting the music behind Mary Jane Girls, the Stone City Band, Teena Marie, and Rick James himself.
SUZANNE DEPASSE: For most of the time I was involved with the [Motown] record company, as opposed to the production company, we didn't have the whole video production resource to help sell the music.
NANCY LEIVISKA: It was always difficult to get any visuals done in the late '70s, early '80s. The mindset of the top executives at the label was, "visuals don't sell records. Radio play sells records."
SUZANNE DEPASSE: But Rick was at the birth of that transition for the company. What Motown tried to do with Rick was support him with what he wanted to do, because he earned the right to do it. He had delivered on himself; he later delivered with the Mary Jane Girls; he delivered on the Temptations; he delivered with Teena Marie. The imagination he brought to his music video concepts—Nancy Leiviska was also very involved with that—were always infused with his personality. So his stuff had a way of just being totally infectious.
NANCY LEIVISKA: Out of all the other artists, Rick was the most actively involved in the visual process, from inception to completion, even discussing production costs. When Motown gave us the green light to film "Super Freak" and "Give It to Me Baby," our budget was $10,000 for each video. That's a fraction of what they cost these days. When we started to discuss the visual concepts for the clips, Rick and I wanted to emulate the popular British aesthetic of the time: stark white backgrounds, minimalist sets. In "Super Freak," we just had the door as a disembodied prop. That was shot on A&M's soundstage. I filmed both videos on 16 mm film, a rarity since most videos were just that—shot on videotape. "Give It to Me Baby" was produced like a movie. We had storyboards, moving dolly shots. It was essentially a short film.
Motown submitted the clips to MTV. Early on, the station made it very clear that Motown was not going to be one of their clients. But MTV explained that they were creating another video outlet for urban artists, like a VH1 type of thing. MTV wanted video programming to be like that of radio, with different formats and different things. My argument was that MTV was playing the hits—all hits, across-the-board hits. Rick James was not just number two on the Black charts or R&B charts. He was number two on the pop charts. So why in the hell weren't they playing him? Rick was livid. I was definitely on his side, but then Rick started saying, "I'm going to sue MTV…and you better back me up Nancy." But you know what? I was the head of the video department for all Motown artists. I didn't want to risk the possibility of MTV banning Motown forever.
By 1984, the first Motown video played in heavy rotation was Rockwell's "Somebody's Watching Me," which I also produced and directed. I made this a highly conceptual video. By that time, due in part to Thriller, MTV was looking for those high production values. They didn't want performance clips. Even though "Super Freak" had a concept, it was still more of a performance clip nonetheless.
RICK JAMES: [In 2001], Universal Music released Street Songs: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. It's been [remastered and] digitized. The exciting part is that it's a double CD, and one [of the discs] is a live show. (note 1)
NANCY LEIVISKA: Rick wanted to record and film one of his shows from the Street Tour. At the tour's stop in Long Beach, California, in July of 1981, I arranged for a six-camera film crew and twenty-four-track mobile recording unit to record what was to be a live album and home-video release. Rick wasn't pleased with his vocals when he heard the playback. He wanted to go into the studio to touch up some of them, but we already went over budget with the film and recording units. Motown didn't want to spend any more money, so they shelved the home-video project indefinitely and live album for twenty years.
HARRY WEINGER: I went ahead and produced the live album without Rick…with some trepidation, since as he often reminded me, "I do everything, yo!" Most live albums are sweetened in the studio, to fix bum notes or stray harmonies. This required none of that. It was almost easy to mix. Everything is "right there."
LEVI RUFFIN, JR.: I heard all kinds of live albums where they went in to sweeten this, sweeten that, and all that kind of shit. We never had a chance to do it. So we went raw with it anyway, and it still went well. If we did have the chance to redo parts in the studio, it would have been incredible. But I'm still proud of it, the way they released it.
HARRY WEINGER: I felt Rick ought to be involved as best he could, even though he was having some personal upheaval at the time. So I had the chance to play it for him at one point. I was having a hard time deciding whether his vocals, which are rough due to him running around and running things at every level, should be up or down in the mix. He listened for about a minute and thought it sounded great, and agreed that his voice should be "part of the band"—more integrated with the overall sound than floating above the tracks. He wanted it to be about the moment on stage, the overall vibe. And he was right.
DANIEL LEMELLE: Certain records set a standard and become more than classics, because they last so long. It becomes like the best piece of Mozart, the best piece of Beethoven. You start to hear little pieces of that thing in everything else. It doesn't become just funk or just pop it becomes that one word—classic.
1. Rick James, interview by Todd Schnitt, The Schnitt Show, WFLA, September 25, 2001.
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It really turns my stomach when weak ass rappers try to add legitimacy to their stuff by name dropping real instrument playing and singing artist like Rick, Pfunk, and Prince. Rap for the most part has taken true musicianship and sacrificed it on the alter commercial sellout bullsh@t. When Rick or Prince needed a sample THEY CREATED IT ON THEIR INSTRUMENT.
NWA or PFUNK? Cube or Prince? You make the choice. JHarris February 27th, 2012 at 1:15 am
It really turns my stomach when people try to blame rappers for the decline of real musicianship. The person you ought to be upset with, JHarris, is former US President Ronald Reagan. He was the one who cut the arts programs out of schools in the early '80s, which made it damn near impossible for kids to learn how to play instruments. You can also blame the technology of the time. It's not the fault of rappers that drum machines and different keyboards were developed that could either immitate or replace certain instruments in the creative process. My favorite music of all-time comes from funk bands, but they had their time just like '60s soul singers, '50s doo wop, and every other style of music that defined an era. Ice Cube is hardly a "weak ass rapper", nor did he & NWA make "commercial sellout bullsh@t". They are legends of their time just like Rick James, P-Funk, and all the other greats are legends of theirs. After Run-DMC dropped "Raising Hell" in 1986, rap music no longer needed the approval of older folks who didn't like it. It's okay if u don't like hip-hop, but those artists made their mark on history and have to be Respected For It. So on behalf of everyone who came up in what's known as the "golden era of hip-hop", save your cheap insults for somebody else. Marcus Chapman March 31st, 2012 at 11:18 am
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It's a shame where music has gone. Real black musicians can't get record deals. The crap that they are putting out now is rediculous. Give a fool a microphone and a turn table and he has a record. This is stupid. White boys are still playing instruments and will make money forever. Blacks are rapping..who wants to see a 50 year old rapper??? I am tired of listenig to this shit. There is a conspiracy to keep the black man down with Hip Hop music and Rap. It has our kids thinking it's alright to go to the pen and wear your clothes off your ass. Until we wake up we will continue to fill up the penitentiary. sjerome October 10th, 2012 at 7:30 pm
All arguments are legitimate, & insightful, but the key is for us to introduce, & teach are kids & grandkids how to play instruments! pmartymar October 11th, 2012 at 1:50 am
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Meet the New Owners of Glenegedale House
A little over a year ago one of Islay's finest Guest Houses, until that time ran by Rachel and Alasdair Whyte, changed hands. Their daughter Emma and her husband Graeme purchased Glenegedale House to build on the success and excellent reputation. With over a year under their belt now and gaining quite a few accolades, five star gold (with a 95% score), Taste our best and latterly being selected as one of Scotland's Best Bed and Breakfasts Emma and Graeme are enjoying their new lives on Islay whilst continuing to grow and succeed at our business within Glenegedale House. Time to meet the new owners, Emma and Graeme Clark. Emma writes:
Graeme originally hails from Gourock, a small town on the West of Scotland although his grandparents are buried at Kilcholman on the North West of Islay. Graeme studied hospitality Management and graduated in 1995. I grew up at the North of Islay in Bunnahabhain where my father made the famous whisky. When I was eight we moved to Speyside for seven years again on the great whisky trail. At fourteen we moved back to Islay, this time at Glenmachrie Farmhouse where my parents ran a four star guesthouse which I helped run. At eighteen I moved to "the Mainland†where I studied childcare and education and then moved to Aberdeen to complete a degree in nursing studies. Continue reading....
I must have liked the studying idea and not growing up as in 1998 I then went on to study Hospitality Management and during this got a part time job at the local hotel to fund my studies. It was here that I was interviewed by the duty manager (Graeme). I got the job as a waitress. I had immediately phoned home to tell my parents I had secured a job to fund yet another three year course and about the dishy hotel manager. Within a week Graeme and I were dating and as they say "the rest is historyâ€. We married on the 14th July 2001 at Merrylee Parish Church and then went onto Crutherland House. We lived in the sleepy conservation village of Eaglesham near Glasgow. Graeme continued the hospitality theme with managing "The Buttery†in Glasgow and then became the Guest Relations Manager of the Glasgow Marriott. I veered away from hospitality and worked in Pharmaceuticals.
On the 26th February 2003 we were blessed with a son, Cameron Andrew Clark who has the most fantastic nature and is kind and gentle. Cameron loves the great outdoors and goes fishing and shooting every week. Like any little boy he also has a love of his Xbox although you will regularly see Cameron out tending to his hens and collecting the eggs for breakfast. Graeme left the Marriott to pursue a more family friendly career and then become a vocational assessor in all hospitality establishments over Scotland. I was still working with pharmaceuticals full time but increasingly working away from home for several days at a time however my love for the job meant we carried on going.
On March 4th 2008 we were again blessed this time with a little girl called Millie Belle Clark. Millie is a typical little girl who loves all the girly things like nail varnish, make-up and hair accessories however she is exceptionally lucky and has her own pony called Buster who you will see in the field at the side of the house. Buster is an affectionate little chap especially if you are adorned with an apple or carrot or even better his favourite a polo mint. In November 2012 both Graeme and I were realising that along with many other parents we were missing a lot of our children growing up due to the long hours we worked and more so me working away from home and almost every week being down in London for meetings and at least twice a year being abroad for conferences for up to ten days at a time. It was then that we knew we needed to make some life changing decisions in order to be able to enjoy our bambinos growing up.
We had helped my parents regularly when they went on holiday and during our holidays at one of their Guesthouses on Islay, Glenegedale House. They had often asked if we would purchase Glenegedale House form them and return to Islay. This was always the long term plan however we brought this plan forward by twenty years and made the big move to Islay on the 15th February 2013. We had a lot of work to do however we opened for business under the new Clark name at Glenegedale House on the 20th February 2013.
For more information on Glenegedale House visit www.glenegedalehouse.co.uk


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Gargan to Chivas USA?
I'm hearing that Chivas USA is considering offering defender Dan Gargan a senior roster contract. Gargan, 25, was waived by Colorado after starting 26 games the past two seasons. He has been training with the Goats and played most of today's reserve division match against Dallas. Primarily a right back, Gargan tore a knee ligament last year.
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Wow, taking Gargan is almost as desperate as taking a Curtin.
Posted by: Dave Lifton | April 21, 2008 8:46 PM | Report abuse
Hopefully this is a sign of behind-the-scenes turmoil for Chivas...the superclasico this weekend should be fun if this signing is any indication :)
In other news, any word on DCU jersey corporate-pimp...err, I mean, sponsor? Being as I'm in the industry, this serves to be extra intriguing to me
Posted by: An OG Galaxy Fan | April 21, 2008 9:42 PM | Report abuse
Finally an "I'm hearing" rather than the pretentiously unpretentious "we're hearing" out of you, Mr. Goff. :)
Posted by: Glaucon | April 21, 2008 9:54 PM | Report abuse
Let's see....they take Atiba Harris, Esky, Jim Curtin, Pozniak and now Dan Gargan?
I think we've found the Island of Lost Toys.
Seriously, Chivas USA won't be around 3 years from now. Bet on it.
They aren't getting any money to spend from their owner, so in desperation Preki is picking up scraps.
Other than Anshutz, the billionaires are the cheapest ones in this league when it comes to even coming close to the paltry $2.3M salary cap or spending allocation money: Kraft, Vergara, Kroenke--cheapskates all.
Posted by: Fred C. Dobbs | April 21, 2008 10:19 PM | Report abuse
Finally an "I'm hearing" rather than the pretentiously unpretentious "we're hearing" out of you, Mr. Goff. :)
The Dude: We dropped off the damn money...
The Big Lebowski: We?
The Dude: I! The Royal "we"! You know, the editorial...
Posted by: Goff | April 21, 2008 11:00 PM | Report abuse
Goff, have you heard anything about this US Boca Juniors tour of the US, mainly of playing in Washington DC this July 12-26? Could a DC vs. Boca friendly be in the works soon?? Here's the article in spanish for those that are curious. It also states in the article that they will be playing Mexican sides also in Washington DC.... which I dont get, but who knows. Goff you hear about anything close to this?
Posted by: Bolivian DC Fan | April 21, 2008 11:59 PM | Report abuse
I will not abide another toe!
Fred C. Dobbs has an interesting point, but there are a couple holes. Pozniak makes more than Cunliffe, the player he was traded for, while Esky (as well-liked as he is here) is probably overpaid.
The rumor in the offseason for them was bringing in Ramon Morales as a DP (with Francisco Mendoza's loan not being renewed so he could replace Morales in the Chivas de Guadalajara squad). I have no idea why it didn't happen, though I do recall Morales not exactly loving the idea. Raphael Wicky also didn't come cheap, though he appears to have been beaten out as a starter by the less glamorous Paulo Nagamura.
I think a prediction of Chivas USA not existing in 3 years is a bit much, but a move to another city could be more feasible. The attendance figures for them at the HDC are really sad considering the venue, the quality of the team, and the style of play. With Kljestan, Galindo, and Razov all at 100%, they're one of the best teams to watch in MLS.
Posted by: Chest Rockwell | April 22, 2008 5:02 AM | Report abuse
i thought chivas had a full roster. who do they drop for gargan? it's not like he's a huge upgrade over the defenders they have on the books now.
Posted by: dashiel | April 22, 2008 10:56 AM | Report abuse
Chivas USA to Vegas! Bring us a team!!!
Posted by: Papa | April 22, 2008 12:05 PM | Report abuse
It's fun to hear a bunch of people that do not know anything about Chivas USA talk about the club.
Chivas USA does get money to spend. It's just a little thing called salary cap. Maybe you have heard of it.
Wicky, Pozniac and Esky are far from scraps.
Nagamura, although very good, has not beat Wicky out for a starting spot, Wicky has been recovering from surgery. He'll get better.
If you really think Chivas USA is going away in three years, you really have no idea why the team is in the MLS in the first place. But good luck with your theory.
Posted by: A fan | April 22, 2008 1:42 PM | Report abuse
If you really think Chivas USA is going away in three years, you really have no idea why the team is in the MLS in the first place.
This question can be addressed at three levels:
-- Why the team is in MLS.
-- Why it is in Los Angeles and not another city.
-- Why it is at HDC and not somewhere else in the region (e.g., San Fernando Valley, the OC), so that it is not competing with the Gals for the same fan base. Are they still clinging to the idea of having some sort some special connection to a particular ethnic community (Mexicans), along the lines of the Montreal Canadiens or Athletic Bilbao?
Posted by: tri-village | April 22, 2008 2:09 PM | Report abuse
Tri-village, the reason Chivas USA is in L.A. is because Jorge Vergara wanted it there. Don Garber wanted Vergara to put the team in San Diego but Vergara insisted that he would have a larger fan base in L.A.
I believe the fundamental problem with the team is that it's "branded" too narrowly. That would be true even if it were Club America USA (Guadalajara's national rival). Millions of Guatemalan, Salvadoran and Mexican immigrants and second-generation Americans live here in Metropolitan Los Angeles. Not every Mexican supports Guadalajara (obviously) and the Guatemalans and Salvadorans have no reason to. So why should they support what's essentially a knock-off of a club that they had no personal ties to in the first place?
The team is in MLS because it's part of the league's attempt to woo Latino fans. It also shows the league's ignorance about how to do it.
Posted by: Joseph D'Hippolito | April 22, 2008 3:58 PM | Report abuse
Dan Gargan will fit in anywhere he ends up going. I've watched him play in Denver for the past 3 years and although he is not the most glamorous player on the pitch, he works harder than anyone on the field and gets his job done day in and day out. He earned the respect of every single one of his teammates in CO. This isn't a small feat considering the likes of Pablo and others who have called him the best player on the field on numerous occasions. Chivas fans will love him if you are lucky enough to get him. He's a hidden gem, guaranteed.
Posted by: The fan | April 22, 2008 4:23 PM | Report abuse
Hi Goff,
Serious question. How many more games will DC United need to lose before they fire the coach? Also, I've heard that DC United is quietly searching for any takers to get Gallardo out of DC.
Posted by: River PL8 - EL MAS GRANDE..LEJOS | April 23, 2008 4:49 PM | Report abuse
Dan Gargan is a great addition to Chivas..all the people spouting off obviously don't know of him or have seen him play. His work ethic and knowledge of the game are excellent. Before his injury last year he was nominated most improved player at CO and I'm sure he will suceed at Chivas the same.
Posted by: Terry | April 29, 2008 1:45 PM | Report abuse
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Behead Arab-Israelis Opposed to State, Says Foreign Minister
Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has said that Arab citizens who are not loyal to the state of Israel should have their heads "chopped off with an axe".
The minister, leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party and an outspoken critic of Israel's Arab population, made the controversial remarks on Sunday in a speech to an election rally held in the western Israeli city of Herzliya ahead of the March 17 vote.
"Those who are with us deserve everything, but those who are against us deserve to have their heads chopped off with an axe," the ultra-nationalist politician said.
At a Q&A session following the speech, an Arab-Israeli audience member asked what would become of her if his plans became policy, to which he replied: "I have no problem with your being a citizen. I expect all Arabs, Christians and Jews to be loyal to the state, regardless of religious affiliation, and to serve in the IDF. We accept and encourage those who identify with us."
He added that those who raised a black flag on 'Nakba Day' (Day of Catastrophe), in reference to the day following the creation of Israel in 1948 in which thousands of Palestinians were forced to flee their homes, should be sent to live in the Palestinian territories.
"Those who raise the black flag on 'Nakba Day' in mourning over the establishment of Israel do not belong here, as far as I am concerned, and I am quite willing to donate them to PA chief Mahmoud Abbas," he said. "It would be my pleasure."
Other remarks made in the speech were his call for Arab-majority areas to no longer be part of the Israeli state, such as the city of Umm el-Fahm in Wadi Ara. "There is no reason for Umm el-Fahm to be a part of Israel," he said.
Ron Gilran, vice-president at the Tel Aviv-based geopolitical risk consultancy The Levantine Group, says that such remarks by Lieberman and his right-wing party are common before an election in an attempt to drum up support from core voters.
"Generally, it is very typical for Yisraeli Beiteinu to radicalize their statements in a bid to gain votes," Gilran says. "The educated voter knows that these kind of things are a transparent attempt to garner popular support."
Lieberman is no stranger to controversy when it comes to his comments regarding Arab-Israeli citizens within Israel. Last month, the radical politician said that he would introduce the death penalty for Palestinian "terrorists".
Last November, Israel's top diplomat proposed that Israel's Arab citizens, who make up 20% of Israel's population, be offered financial incentives to resettle in any creation of a future Palestinian state.
In his party's manifesto, he wrote that the proposal for Israeli-Arabs "who feel part of the Palestinian people [to leave the country] will solve the problem of divided loyalties and 'split personality' they suffer from. They can decide if they are part of the state of Israel or Palestine."
Lieberman remains the only foreign minister in the world who does not officially live in the country he represents, with a residence in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli election, just over a week away, pits the opposition Zionist Union, led by Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni, against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud in a close race. Polls last week showed opposition leader Herzog two seats ahead, but Netanyahu, with the seats accumulated by right-wing parties led by Lieberman and economy minister Naftali Bennett, may be able to form another coalition government.


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Lance Corporal Dustin Barr (now a sergeant), fire team leader, 2nd Platoon F/2/1
Staff Sergeant Michael Ventrone (now a CWO2 Marine Gunner), platoon sergeant for 3rd Platoon F/2/1
IED site in Hadditha
Over the wall in Ubaydi, Iraq during Operation Steel Curtain
Range 400, Mojave Viper, 29 Palms, California
On the berm in Ubaydi, Iraq. Captain Ross Parrish and his comm guys on the morning of November 14, 2005.
Lance Corporal Guzman tosses in a grenade in Ubaydi, Iraq.
Mass casualty evacuation in Old Ubaydi on November 16, 2005
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Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Lance Corporal Van Goghs
A few days ago a fellow Marine warrant officer contacted me about a talented field Marine who's creating art for his battalion over in Iraq. Almost every unit has it's Lance Corporal Van Gogh, the kid who designs tatoos for his buddies, turns high school prom pictures into frameable sketches and creates the unit's Christmas card. I know this because long ago I was that guy. From time to time I hear about these talented Marines and this one, Lance Corporal Max Uriarte, has got what it takes to be a combat artist.
Here's a sample of his work.
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I love Babies-R-Us. Buying baby shower gifts, and gifts for kids, has always been so much for me. I'm a "theme" gift giver. I enjoy going all bath stuff, all meal time, all whatever. I hate giving one big gift and prefer instead to buy a bathtub and fill it with lotions, towels, washcloths, etc. Ask anyone, when they saw a bunch of items from the same "category" come off the registry, they knew I had shopped. I love giving gifts and there is just something extra exciting about buying baby stuff. Since we lost the baby, I've been scared to go to Babies-R-Us.
My husband and I went to Babies-R-Us today to buy gifts for my boss. Sadly, the trip wasn't as fun as it would've been in the past. This isn't the first time I've been there since we lost the baby. I went on Black Friday, looking for gifts for my boss, but couldn't stay. I did a quick sweep of the store, was overwhelmed by emotion, and walked out. Today, I had my husband with me. In him I find strength and I know I wouldn't have been able to get through the trip without him.
We printed the registry and started trying to decide what we were going to by. Usually, this is the most exciting part for me. She didn't have a bathtub on there, maybe that's why I couldn't get into it. (The bath theme is my trademark.) We decided on what to get and started going through aisles. Usually, we take our time and go through all of the aisles, picking things out for which we'll want to register. We usually play with a few strollers, talking about which one would be best for us. There's usually a disagreement over which car-seat pattern we like. We usually go through the play pen aisle picking out which pattern we like. There is usually a stop at the bedding aisle and the furniture department. We always pick out a bedding set and complain about how expensive cribs are. Not today. We passed through the bedding department quickly and without taking a look. We only stopped so my husband could enjoy two rockers, complaining about their $500 price tag. Under normal emotions, I would sit with him, smiling and imagining that rocker in our nursery. Not today, I just said "let's go."
It wasn't fun today. I didn't want to look at car-seats or swings or play pens. I didn't want to sit in any rockers or look at any bedding. We should have had our shower by now...or it should be coming very soon. We should have been there today to buy the things we didn't get at our own shower. We should already know which swing we want and should already have the crib set up. Babies-R-Us visits should now be out of need for our own "coming soon" instead of for someone else. Though I am genuinely happy for my boss, it's still tough to go through the motions. As of now, I'm going to her shower. I don't know if by the time the shower comes I will be able to celebrate with everyone without breaking down. I don't want to cry and make it about me. I'll decide, that day, how much I can handle and will go or not go. either decision will be okay.
I've learned that it's okay to feel sad or angry or confused or whatever other emotion wants to come to the surface. I'm allowed to be scared to go to Babies-R-Us and I'm allowed to resent the women parking in the "Stork Parking." I'm allowed to be hesitant to walk down the swing aisle. I'm allowed to be proud after I make it through the aisle without crying. I'm allowed to feel strong for having made it through the trip without a single tear. All of the emotions that came with, and are still coming for that matter, are okay, whatever they are. Today was a good day and I'm glad we went. I'm happy to have faced a fear and come out on top.


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AMC's Better Call Saul was set in an Albuquerque copyshop for scenes in episodes 8 ("Fifi") & 9 ("Nailed") of season 2. Our 2016 Review used a screen cap from "Nailed" as the background to the graphic. We were excited to see the copyshop setting used and how the show was using it capture a specific time period of technology. The time period for Better Call Saul is ambiguous and set in the past before Breaking Bad. Saul is set in a time period before the internet, when information was still handed out on paper, and access to these services around the clock was so important for business that 24-hour service was standard in some bigger Metro-areas and in some smaller towns with a University nearby. We will break down the copy shop scenes for authenticity, because we are pretty sure no one else is going to that. We won't spoil it it all for you. If you want to check out the whole scene, here's the closing scene from "Nailed".
Episode 8 ("Fifi") was where we heard the line "I need an Exacto knife, a ruler, and point me to your best copier", which led to Jimmy doing some old school cut & paste copy editing late night in Valliant Printing. The "Xerox Color" sign in the upper left puts the earliest date possible at 1992 when Xerox introduced their first successful color machine, the Xerox 5775. Also, the scene doesn't reference any color postermaking, which became common after 2000.
We see a large work table in the customer area. Self-service customers would use that for organizing their documents. Self-serve copying was popular up until 2002. In the United States, this changed after Christmas 2000 when the sub-$1000 PC was released and PC's became common household items. The PC's at that time were usually offered in a bundle with a printer. This changed the need for self-serve copies as people figured out they could DIY simple jobs at home.
Jimmy wanted to change the unit number in an address in some court documents, so he was cutting out the old number and replacing it with a snip of paper with the new number. Very tedious editing by hand. Then copying the edited doc, and swapping the copied sheet into the court doc as a replacement. This method worked because the lines from the pasted in number would disappear on the copy, and the copy would be accepted as an original when slipped into in the original document.
Episode 9 ("Nailed") we see Jimmy returning after the switcheroo was made, Jimmy's brother and the firm's main partner Chuck is now suspicious, and Jimmy goes back to cover his tracks by bribing the store manager, Lance. We get to see a lot of the copyshop from several different camera angles. Open 24 Hours is something that was common in urban copy centers from in the '90's. That became less of a requirement after 2000 after office copiers got cheaper and connected to office networks.
And this awesome master shot. The shop looks and sounds like a mid-90's copy shop during a late night shift. Hardly anyone in it, but the sounds of document handlers circulating with every page printed is normal this era. Today most jobs are printed from a digital file, so you don't hear paper swooshing and popping as each page recirculated. Back then, each page circulated for each copy made. Long runs on fast machines would see the originals get bruised up.
Here Jimmy meets the night shift manager Lance. Lance is preoccupied with running the machine behind him and leaves the conversation to do something on the machine. The lower area on the front counter is wheelchair-accessible counter that came into use after the Americans With Disabilities Act signed in 1990. These became common in shops after 1994.
Jimmy's boss Chuck appears and argues with Lance. Chuck happens to be a person suffering from electronic sensitivity and has ventured into a place bathed in flourescent lights neon signs, and copier lamps from old analog machines. The shop shows a "Preprinted Forms" shelf in the background of the pic with Mike and Lance above that was for distributing tax forms and other official documents, usually, and this was common before internet or PC"s were in most homes and government offices that distributed the forms were online. During that time, businesses would go to a local IRS office to obtain tax report forms like a 990. Some copy shops would offer forms for free as above.
The argument goes on until a self-service customer interrupts to ask for help. If we had a nickel....
The only thing that is off in the whole scene is the customer asking for 11"x14" paper here, and Lance saying it's in another tray. She was probably asking for Legal size, meaning 8 1'/2' x 14", and he should have corrected her. We also see some quirky stuff on the counter- an hourglass, cat statue. This was kind of hipster shop for it's day.
Overall, the authenticity is good for the scene and representative of a period we would estimate is between 1992-2000, and if we had be more specific, we say it's 1997. And as real hat-tip to the era, we think the opening line would have been more authentic if Jimmy asked for a glue stick instead of a ruler. These places were the glue-stick mecca of their time.


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If there is a paper that is split into $2$ sections (not to be assumed equal) with one section being laterally divided into $4$ equal subsections and the other $5$ (lateral means horizontal, or perpendicular to the original split mark first mentioned), and the section with the $4$ lateral sections is longitudinally- (vertically and parallel to the original split) divided into $2$ equal sections and the one with $5$ has $3$, my question is what distance do I put the original split from the left and right sides so that the longitudinal sections can be distributed equally between this distance and be timesed by the equal individual heights formed by the cross sections of the lateral divisions and be equal to that of the other side.
I know this most likely makes no sense to you at all but here is a diagram; oh I can't post it because it says I need 10 reputation to post it and given the way the word "reputation" is used in its context I don't understand it. So just try and figure it out without one.


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Long Trench Coats become a must for refined style
Ok it's Wednesday, so technically I was to have this up yesterday, but it's my blog & my rules and I'm not giving you anything less than perfect. Anyway, it took some time to get these photos just right, as I'm dabbling in Photoshop and spending more time on it than I should. That's fine, though! It'll just make your experience on my site that much more enjoyable :)
So, in today's #TrendTuesday (but it's actually Wednesday) post, I want to touch base on the extremely awesome surge of long coats I've seen. By long coats, I don't mean Matrix-inspired and overwhelming. The coats I'm talking about are fitted, tapered, have bold design, and land right above your knees. They're great! Why? Because you can take any simple look, throw on an extremely well-constructed coat, and you're good to go.
In the photos above, I've featured one of my favorite coats from Zara (purchased a little under a year ago) and threw it over a simple distressed denim, white tee, and sleek shoes combo. I like high contrast, so I'll almost always pair white under a darker coat and vice versa. To add a little bit more oomph, I added on the extremely vibrant flannel scarf. The scarf actually complements the subtle print on the coat way more than I expected, even adding a little bit of boldness to the monochrome look.
When thinking of ways to wear your coats, look for lengths that work with your body. Don't overwhelm yourself with a coat that is too lengthy, as it'll work against you and actually make you seem shorted. As for your taller men & women, you generally want pea coats to hit you right at (or slightly below) your waistline. With trenches, the 3 to 4 inches above the knee seems to be a good rule for length.
Remember, my looks only serve as one way to wear the trend, but realistically there are so many more things you can do with it. Mens & womens fashion is limitless, so take some time to really delve into the pool of style options you have. Then, when you've found an awesome look, come back, share it, and I'll share it for others to see. So, how will you wear the it?
Featured: Shirt, UNIQLO // Coat, Zara // Plaid Scarf, Target // Shoes, Miu Miu