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Amphibico Phenom and FX1
Posted 13 July 2005 - 09:15 AM
Have done a couple dives now with the Amphibico Phenom and the FX1.
You can go here and download a clip.
I will load up some more soon.
Posted 13 July 2005 - 10:57 AM
Canon EOS 350D
Posted 13 July 2005 - 10:59 AM
Dual Ikelite Strobes
Photo site - www.reefpix.org
Posted 13 July 2005 - 11:21 AM
These cameras are really capable of amazing image quality.
Canon EOS 350D
Posted 13 July 2005 - 11:44 AM
Posted 18 July 2005 - 05:31 PM
Thanks for your comments.
I will load up a full review of the housing very soon on my site. In the meantime you can all go and download another 200meg wmv file that I shot on a dive under the Exmouth Navy Pier. It runs for 6 mins.
More soon
Paul Wags
Posted 19 July 2005 - 12:45 AM
You've exceeded your bandwidth. My housing is set for delivery in a week. Did they send your the mirror device for the lcd display? How does it feel?
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
"I was born not knowing, and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
Posted 20 July 2005 - 04:47 AM
Posted 20 July 2005 - 01:23 PM
Now I'll just have to explain to my wife why we need a 10k video setup
Thanks Wags!
BTW what kind of system do you use to edit?
Posted 22 July 2005 - 08:00 PM
Glad you enjoyed the clips.
Yes my site was closed there for abit, my stats went over the moon.
Yes the Navy Pier is an amazing place. It might have someting to do with the fact that no one has be able to fish it in over 15 years. Classic example of what a sanctuary area can do. The rest of the area up here is getting fished out as more and more people think it is their god given right to drive up here in their 4x4 with their boats and catch or drag around as many fish as they can before they die.
Anyhow at least the new generation are growing up with a better understanding of how it all works under the water, and will want to come up here to just take pics and look at all the amazing animals.
I will continue to load up clips over time of different dives and will get review done in the coming weeks.
Posted 23 July 2005 - 12:34 AM
Not sure you caught my last question, but did your housing come with the mirror device that doubles as a monitor using the camera's own LCD? If so how does it look?
Also are you shooting HD then downconverting to SD to convert to WMV? Shouldn't the clips be in 16x9 format?
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
"I was born not knowing, and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
Posted 23 July 2005 - 11:12 AM
The music worked very well with the images. Out of curiosity, where do you find that particular version of "As the Rush Comes"? It's slower than the version I'm used to.
Posted 24 July 2005 - 03:08 PM
Posted 28 July 2005 - 07:07 AM
To answer a few questions.
No I did not get the mirror thingy that goes ontop of the housing. As far as I know Amphibico have not released it yet. Having said that, I am findind the ability to look down into the LCD great as I hardly use the viewfinder. It allows one to get nice flowing shots and i would say it's the main reason I went for it after having a couple of Navigators which had the flip mirror LCD thingy.
The housing is just a tiny bit negative in the water and easy to use. It can white ballance @ 14 meters without any URPRO filter no problems. Im sure it could do it even at deeper depths. My Nikon D70 can at 18 meters with no filter.
I edited the clips in HDV and encoded to WMV format. If you are using a lower version than windows media 9, the clips will display in 4.3. I halved the 1080 / 1440 to keep the file size down. The full size it just to much to load up.
I am using twin LG Flatron 17 inch screens with a refresh rate of 8ms. The second screen is set up as the video window and the footage looks stunning. I am in the process of getting a HDTV to view it on and maybe the new triple card from matrox, then I can output to a HDV TV.
As the Rush Comes, I downloaded it from another guy in the USA from a clip he did, shot with the Panasonic HDV single chip. Thats the only version I have ever heard. Yes it a nice piece.
I will load up a review soon. Even though the housing is a work of art and nice to shoot with, it has a few things that Amphibico will have to sort out! am Im sure they are doing that right now. I will explain all in the review that I will post on my site.
More very soon.
Posted 28 July 2005 - 08:57 AM
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
"I was born not knowing, and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
Posted 29 July 2005 - 06:39 AM
Xmas... :-)
Posted 01 August 2005 - 06:18 AM
Thanks for the tip about DLP TV's/ I will wait for sure. Plasmas wear out and LCD's are still pricey. Most are not true Hi Def anyhow. ( Hi Def ready is what the salesman will say)
As the rush comes is a perfect piece for underwater shots. Now I wonder if I can make a track that sounds the same with FL Studio??
I had over 72,000 hits for July on my site and blew my monthly bandwidth away.
O have now 150 GIGS of monthly bandwidth, so that shouls keep the site going for abit.
I have loaded up a underwater screen grab now. Who needs a digital still camera.
Night dive coming soon.
Posted 01 August 2005 - 06:27 AM
SHould take about 1.5 years to reach Yap....
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Posted 01 August 2005 - 06:36 PM
Posted 03 August 2005 - 06:43 AM
Glad to hear yours is on its way.
You are going to love the quality you will get.
You will also find out that you don't need to use the URPRO filter.
Amphibico are working on a fix for the other thing I told you about.
The housing is slightly negative under the water and is real easy to push around.
Uptop is another story. You will also love being able to look into that LCD screen through the housing.
And for Reef keep question? I edit on Premiere pro and Cineforms plugin.


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|View Poll Results: Code Geass R2 - Episode 14 Rating
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|8 out of 10 : Very Good
|7 out of 10 : Good
|6 out of 10 : Average
|5 out of 10 : Below Average
|4 out of 10 : Poor
|3 out of 10 : Bad
|2 out of 10 : Very Bad
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|2008-07-13, 19:53
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I'm personally hoping Kallen gets killed (we've had one character death, so now I can tolerate a few more this season), though I'm hoping it would be due to Rolo's brother complex. I can see Suzaku killing her, if the right buttons are pressed... however, that would make the hatred of Suzaku rise to unimaginable levels, and we already have enough bashing as it is on him
and anyone else think that if it weren't for the story's plot armor (among other factors) that Lelouch's death flag would now be raised?
|2008-07-13, 19:59
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Kallen die? Nooooooo, It would suck if she dies. Though it may just be me rooting for Kallen X Lulu, she seems too important a character to kill.
|2008-07-13, 20:03
|Link #443
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Bulgaria, Sofia
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Okay, I watched the episode.... and I'm kinda shocked that Lelouch acted so suddenly. That whole organisation was destroyed in a matter of moments, no one was spared... Recently, the anime's been shocking me quite a bit. So many events happening so quickly: The Black Knights ally with the Chinese Federation, Jeremiah joins Lelouch, Shirley dies, the Geass order is destroyed...
I'm not surprised that Rolo is Shirley's actually murderer. It was obvious since the last time we saw him using his Geass in ep.13 and it would have been too stupid and cliche if someone else but Rolo had killed her.
I was surprised that this whole Order was like an underground city. I mean, there were homes and buildings and people lived there with their families (or so it seemed). Those people must have been busy with their research for years.
Alright, I'll get to the more important point: everyone seems to be scheming behind each other's back; Lelouch plans on killing Rolo as a revenge for killing Shirley, Oghi and Villeta are acting really weird and I'm not sure who they are loyal to anymore (especially in Villeta's case).
Second: I'm starting to see both Lelouch and Suzaku in a whole different light. I've never thought that Lelouch would act so furiously and have that order destroyed, nor have I imagined Suzaku saying something like 'The goal justifies the means'.
Third: Shirley is dead! I still can't believe it! I guess that's one potential girlfriend for Lelouch down, now there's only Kallen and C.C. left. I was hoping that she might become a more important character in the future episodes, but I guess it just... wasn't meant to be.
Alright, in overall, the episode was great. I love it. I can't help it.
|2008-07-13, 20:04
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), I've got to say that was a kick ass episode. My mouth was literally opened the whole time out of awe. It brings up so many questions though. What is Marianne's ultimate role? As stated in some earlier posts, the parallels between Lelouch/Rolo/Shirley and Charles/V.V./Marainne (taking into account the content of the episode) seem to suggest that Charles did care, to a degree, for Marainne and that V.V. probably had a big role in her murder. This brings up the question of the events that actually happened on the day she was murdered. Perhaps she had something to do with the pact (perhaps an interference of sorts) or maybe even extending to Lelouch/Nanally (since they weren't evacuated even though she knew of the attack). This would bring up the point of V.V. saying that Lelouch is a "cursed prince" and maybe it was even foreshadowed back in R1 when Suzaku said that his existence was a mistake. Maybe Marianne was geassed into lowering the security and keeping her children at the palace that day.
On another note, I think Rolo's end will probably be a result of his heart condition and I think Suzaku's way of finding out if Lelouch is Zero or not is pointless.
Sorry so long
|2008-07-13, 20:11
|Link #447
Maniacally loveable.
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|2008-07-13, 20:18
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Lelouch is evil and that is exactly what I like about code geass, this show wouldn't be as popular if he was just a heroic moral protagonist like in most shows. Lelouch himself admits that he must become evil to overcome evil, on a moral standpoint this is obviously wrong but who cares, its more interesting this way.
Suzaku on the other hand has become exactly like Lelouch, he doesn't care anymore, he just wants to get revenge even if it means forcing someone else on drugs.
People shouldn't be arguing who's right and who's wrong because both their actions are morally wrong.
However I choose to support Lelouch becuase he is more easy to sympathize with and of course because he is the main character. Are his actions always right? No, but it doesn't matter because his character isn't meant to be like that and thank god for that because thats what makes the series good.
|2008-07-13, 20:23
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|2008-07-13, 20:28
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If Suzaku is "selling out," then what do we call Lulu? He was using Suzaku's compassion for Japanese when he call Suzaku's buff on whether he will kill the million of peple that disguish themselves as Zero? If Suzaku is really the "bastard" that almost everyone seems to think he is, he would've just let the military do its thing and he will probably get a medal for doing it. If he really did consider Suzaku his friend, how come he never did explain the whole situation with Suzaku regarding Euphie's death? Suzaku, for better or worse, is Euphie's lover, not to mention his best friend, you would think that would warrant at least an explanation, but nope - Lulu just decide to "eat it" and be the bad guy, somehow thinking it is better.
Suzaku is pretty passive in this series - and the only reason he even think about doing something with Kallen is because he thought Lulu killed Shirley - to him, killing your friend is a big "no no".
I understand how some people feel because we are mostly seeing the story from Lulu's point of view, so it's logical to assume anybody's else action that went against Lulu is wrong.
I think this series is getting interesting because both sides (Lulu and Suzaku) are doing things for the wrong reasons, so it really makes you wonder what is in store for them at the end, as I don't think either one of them can live with the aftermath of this whole thing.
|2008-07-13, 20:31
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Did someone call a doctor
Join Date: Apr 2007
Age: 35
C.C isn't Marriane's child, V.V was talking about Lelouch.
Good episode though, I liked the back-story there. Staring to feel a bit for Charles' motives to. Suzaku's an idiot who's run out of options if he's going to Refrain Karren. So looks like Cornelia will be with Lelouch in an episode or so then. That Door of Twilight is one crazy contraption, they must all be linked in some way to the Sword. Next episode looks like it'll be a trip-fest.
|2008-07-13, 20:37
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magoi, magoi!
Join Date: Dec 2004
I have not watched such a good series as Code Geass in a long time. This episode was no exception to the heights that anime can reach.
Every main character seems stretched and heading towards a fate they cannot control.
|2008-07-13, 20:41
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"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you."
I think at this point, the above could apply just as much to Suzaku as it does to Lelouch. Neither of them are really all that much better than that which they purport to hate. Suzkau appears to be willing to use torture to achieve his goals (a stark contrast to his earlier belief that "good" ends achieved through "bad" means are tainted) and I don't think it was ever all that controversial to say Lelouch/Zero was very much an "ends justifies the means" kind of guy.
Although there appears to be much outrage at Suzaku's apparent willingness to cross the line to get what he wants (and perhaps rightly so), knowing what show I'm watching, I wouldn't be entirely surprised if he has something else in mind other than the obvious "inject Kallen with Refrain to make her tell him who Zero is". If there's one thing Code Geass does, it's what I call "swerve cliffhangers" - for instance, back in episode 2, the very last shot is of Rolo about bust out his Geass on Xingke. The obvious follow up is that he does, and all hell breaks loose. But what really happens? He gets dissuaded by a conveniently timed phone call from Lelouch. So I wouldn't be too surprised if Suzaku's plan is something else, although I can't think of one that doesn't result in a complete reversal of his previously stated philosophies.
One thing I thought hilarious was how Lelouch tricked V.V. with the mock-up of his room at Ashford. I sort of expected the whole "I'm keeping you on the line to trace your location" thing, but I didn't quite expect him to have set up a fake room. I must admit I chuckled when the walls fell away and you could see the Jeremiah and Rolo plus the three Knightmare frames.
|2008-07-13, 20:44
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For some reason i did not like this episode as much as i had anticipated. A couple of things were made known like Shirley's death which i still think was unnecessary. But we know know who did it and yes it was that little shit Rolo. WTF she committed suicide by shooting herself in the stomach the fact that this outcome was so predictable made the episode lose points. Plus she was not even holding the gun when they found her no one shoots themselves in the stomach it retarded unless you want to die slowly and painfully and coughing on your own blood and bile sigh very unoriginal and very disappointing this is how they kill off one of my favorite characters. Well the end result was Zero was placed in a very difficult position and at the time i think he made the right choice. However it did not work out as planned. The scary part is that Rolo feels that he did a good thing but he also lied and said Shirley was Lelouche's enemy which was not true. This will not be the last time we see Lelouch want to make Rolo pay for his SINS im sure of it.
I was hoping the series would not do 1 thing but it did I was hoping we would not see Suzaku contradict himself anymore than he already has. The fact that he is ready to use Refrain on Kallen is unforgivable. He knows how much Kallen suffered due to her mothers addiction yet he is ready to do the same to her. For me this was the last straw for Suzaku in my eyes he can never be redeemed. I dont care if he saves the whole human race in the end i will never have respect for him again. Suzaku does not have the ability to see beyond what he is given. If he knew what Charles real plans were im sure he would start to have doubts yet he would continue on that path not because he wants too but because he can not many any other decision thats very sad.
The funny thing is Lelouch is innocent yet Suzaku is going to blame him it could have been anyone. Suzaku is just looking for a reason to blame Lelouch for something in the end both Lelouch and Suzaku missed Shirley's final words to them that alone is defacing her memory.
I wish I could have given it a 10 but i couldnt do it this time. I felt there was a lot of dialog that was not needed and parts where dialog would have helped the scene along were absent. Also, the animation is a couple of the fight scenes seemed really choppy. By no means did i hate this episode it was still good
The end with Cornelia, Jemimah and Lelouch taking V.V. made me smile. Cornelia is still the shit even with 1 arm. My question is where does she go from here? Lelouch facing down his old man was a mouth dropping.
|2008-07-13, 20:46
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After this episode, I come to hate Suzaku much less. He finally admit that he will no longer care whether the method is right or wrong, as long as he gets what he wants; a step up above the hypocrit he was.
On the other hand, Lelouch had basically rape the dog by killing man, woman, and children 9even though most are geass users and are enemy). As I stated before, this is basically what JSSDF did to NERV in Evangelion. If we proclaim Lorenz as an absolute bastard, what do we call Lelouch? Hero?
Still, I will be rooting for Lelouch, even if he actually become a Light clone in the end.
|2008-07-13, 20:47
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Maniacally loveable.
Join Date: May 2008
While his latest decisions are indeed spurred on by Shirley's death, he is merely ridding himself of a major threat through whatever means necessary as usual. Suzaku in the other hand wouldn't join Lelouche to free his own country and people from the Empire solely due to his belief that it is wrong to fight using any means necessary. And what's he doing now? Kissing the (any means necessary) emperor's ass and using chemical drugs to make a prisoner of war give information behind Nunally's back. Let's not forget that due to her own history, this will likely scar Kallen for life.
So yeah, Lelouche is a bastard, but Lelouche is supposed to be a bastard, and Suzaku is supposed to only be against him because he refuses to be a bastard since they claim to want the same thing at base. Only now, Suzaku is a bastard as well, which really leaves no excuse for him to have the views he has. Unless he's hated his own country and people all along, and has done everything to obtain the power he now has that is which I doubt. He's just sold out and doesn't stand for anything anymore. The bottom line comparison between he and Lelouche shows Lelouche to have alot more credibility in the (relative) integrity tank. Suzaku has none. Not to mention that he's now grown into a second tier character. Just annoying imo.
|2008-07-13, 20:49
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Wonder why V.V. seems to hate Marianne so much. Hmmmm....
I think Suzaku is serious about using refrain on Kallen, but maybe Nunnally will intervene? I hope he doesn't get to use it on her. I can't imagine him just using it as a bluff. Kallen wouldn't talk even with such a threat(well I hope she wouldn't).
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There was a look of relief on Andre Hainault's face in the BBVA Compass Stadium press conference room on Saturday afternoon, and it wasn't just because the Houston defender was finally out of the 90-plus degree heat.
Back in the starting XI for the first time since May 12 to fill in for defender Geoff Cameron, who is away with the US national team, and a day before leaving to join the Canadian national team, Hainault scored a marvelous, streaking header from a Brad Davis corner kick in the 57th minute to give the Houston Dynamo a 2-1 win over the LA Galaxy.
WATCH: Hainault nods inside back post
"You can't imagine how nice it was," Hainault told the media after the match. "It's been a tough season so far personally. It was nice to get back in the team and help out with a goal."
Hainault entered 2012 as the clear starter on the right side of the Dynamo defense, but found himself watching from the bench during Houston's last two matches.
While bidding his time on the bench, Hainault worked to stay sharp to make sure he would be headed back in the right direction when he got his chance. That chance came Saturday when the club needed him to step up in Cameron's absence. Hainault was more than up to the task defensively and his cracking winner – his second goal of the season – should help justify his place in Dominic Kinnear's first team.
"His inclusion in the starting lineup was an easy decision, but his play merited it as well," Kinnear told the press after the match. "The strongest area of depth on our team is in defense. We lost Geoff, you add Andre and, if there's a drop, it's not that big of a drop. Just look at it today and he got the goal."
While the decision may have been a no-brainer for Kinnear, it was one that resulted in some much needed confidence that, based on listening to Hainault speak post-game, only scoring a game winner can give.
"He's not been playing too much lately, but we needed someone to come in and step up and he came in, played great and got a great goal," Adam Moffat said about his teammate. "Can't ask much more than getting a game-winning goal. He's been plugging away and now he's going away with Canada. Hopefully that goes well because he's such a hard worker."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com.


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A good portion of Norfolk's 4o,ooo Negroes live along dingy Charlotte and East Freemason Streets and in scattered suburban settlements, Huntersville, Lindenwood, Broad Creek Boulevard, and in thrifty Titustown, which supplies the city with many domestics. In contrast, extending north from Brambleton Avenue to Princess Anne Road are slums where Negroes live in dreary lines of shell-like hovels that pass for dwellings, fronting on unpaved and often muddy streets.
The stable population of Norfolk consists of a few millionaires, families in moderate affluence whose daughters make their debut at the Christmas german, and the rank and file at work in Norfolk's 275 industries. A museum of fine arts, the Hermitage Foundation that fosters public art exhibitions, lectures, and publications, a symphony orchestra some 20 years old, and a generous sprinkling of poets supply Norfolk's local culture, while a country club tops the list of numerous places of diversion suitable to every purse and taste. Under the stimulus of civic pride Norfolk is being beautified (1939) by the planting of thousands of azaleas. In future springs the public parks and incoming roads will be banked with blossoms.
As a maritime town, Norfolk was thwarted by a curious series of reverses until development of railroads made it the outlet of an immense back country, including the Virginia and West Virginia coal fields. Today factories produce fertilizers, agricultural implements, lumber, cotton and silk goods, roasted peanuts, and other materials with an annual value of about $100,000,000. The Norfolk area supplies eastern markets with oysters, fish, and crabs. The city is a distributing center for sea food, fresh and frozen, to several Southern States. During the winter months it handles large shipments of fish from sources as far distant as the Great Lakes and Alaska. Large quantities of inedible fish from local fisheries are used for fertilizer.
But in the eyes of nearly a million yearly visitors, the main lure of Norfolk is the access it offers to an all-year playground. Twenty-five miles of beach near by attract surf bathers from May till November. Myriads of waterfowl find haven in the Back Bay section, a favorite resort of hunters. Most of the coastal inlets abound in snipe, sora, wild ducks, and geese. The weird natural wonderland of the Dismal Swamp, a few miles south, is a haunt of fur-bearing game, including black bear. Several lakes near Norfolk invite fresh-water fishermen, and there is good sea fishing off Ocean View. The vicinity of Cape Henry and Seashore State Park offers hiking and riding among sunny dunes.
Norfolk's site on the Elizabeth River embraces a grant made to Captain Thomas Willoughby in 1636. Development began here in 1680, when, in the 'Act of Cohabitation' providing for a town for each county, the general assembly directed that, 'in Lower Norfolk county . . . on the Easterne Branch on Elizabeth river at the entrance of the branch,' 50 acres be
'measured about, layd out and appointed for a towne.' Though Charles II in 1681 suspended the Act of 1680, 'the ffeoffees' proceeded with the purchase of the site, 'on Nicholas Wise his land,' effecting the transaction in 1682 for 'tenn thousand pounds of tobacco and caske.' When in 1681 the statute of 1680 was re-enacted to provide for 'ports of entry,' the town was described as 'the land appointed . . . and accordingly laid out and paid for and severall. dwelling houses and ware houses already built.' In 1705 the house of burgesses named it Norfolk for Norfolk County, England.
Trade with the mother country and the West Indies made this the largest municipality in Colonial Virginia. The first wharves were built of pine logs fastened together by cross beams and extending from the shore to the channel. Here 'twenty brigs and smaller vessels rode constantly.' Norfolk ships carried tobacco, meat, flour, and lumber to the West Indies and returned with cargoes of sugar and molasses. Trade with the Carolinas, however, was hindered by pirates until Governor Alexander Spotswood took determined measures against the sea robbers (see Hampton).
In 1736 'the town of Norfolk' was 'erected into a borough, by the name of The borough of Norfolk . . . a body corporate, consisting of a maior, recorder, eight aldermen, and sixteen common council men . . ., with power to elect and send one burgess to sit in the house of burgesses.' Of 16 towns authorized in 1705 to acquire borough status-a unit politically separate from the county-Norfolk was the only one that became a borough.
Samuel Boush was the first mayor, and Sir John Randolph served as recorder. Male citizens took turns at patrolling the streets to restrain the exuberance of transient sailors. Early streets were improved and new ones were formed by filling in creeks and marshes.
The town had to reclaim ground from tidal sloughs as the population grew. Church Street led across the neck of a peninsula to the mainland. Main (then Front) Street, bordering the waterfront, was crowded with warehouses, residences, shops, sailors' boarding houses, and ordinaries. Most of the early citizens quenched their thirst at taverns, the only source of drinking water being a public spring near the corner of Main and Church Streets. Water for other uses came from the river and, in case of fire, was passed along from hand to hand by bucket brigades.
Norfolk by 1740 had a population of about 1,000, composed of English and Scottish residents and some Irish. The merchants were mainly anti-Jacobite Scots. Importing most of their luxuries from Great Britain and conducting a lucrative trade with the mother country, the well-to-do merchants leaned toward Tory conservatism. In recognition of their loyalty, Governor Robert Dinwiddie in 1753 presented the corporation with a mace.
Though Norfolk protested boldly against the Stamp Act and later contributed its share of minutemen, it became early in the Revolution a rallying point for Tories. Lord Dunmore, the royal governor, chose Norfolk and Portsmouth as bases for his ships. Landing at Norfolk, he dismantled the printing office of John Holt and seized two printers publishing revolutionary literature. He was finally forced to retire (see Portsmouth).
The Virginia regiments under Colonel William Woodford occupied Norfolk, and Dunmore attempted to drive them out by bombarding the borough, January 1, 1776. When firing ceased, the riflemen continued to plunder and bum buildings without the interference of officers. Finally Colonel Woodford forbade the burning of houses under severe penalty, but two-thirds of Norfolk was in ashes. In February the rest of the town was burned, by order of the Colonial government, to rid it of Tories and to deprive Dunmore of shelter. Only the borough church (St. Paul's) was spared. After assisting 'poor people' in finding shelter elsewhere, troops abandoned the area.
After peace was signed in 1783, the Tories returned to Norfolk and began restoring the borough's former commercial prestige. In 17 94 Norfolk was overrun with several thousand French refugees from the Negro insurrection in Santo Domingo. It had then, said Moreau de St. Mery, a population of 3,000, a brick theater, a hospital, an academy, two gazettes, and a Catholic chapel where 'a zealous Irishman with a red face has come to preach to the wretched French refugees.' The women 'are pretty in Norfolk,' noted Moreau de St. Mery, 'but their complexion is sallow and . . . the length of their feet is also somewhat disagreeable.'
Norfolk soon became the port for water-borne trade from the inland country. The town suffered from a disastrous fire in 1799. During the Napoleonic wars Norfolk's commerce increased only to be lost to the French, Spanish, and British privateers. The anger of Norfolk shipowners reached a peak in 1807, when the Chesapeake was fired upon by the British frigate Leopard.
During the War of 1812 men of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and other towns, with a reinforcement of marines from the frigate Constellation, joined to form defenses. On June 22, 1813, Fort Norfolk and Fort Nelson repulsed a British attack on Portsmouth by land and afterwards, aided by batteries on Craney Island, routed an assault by barges.
Peace in 1815 promised to restore Norfolk's prosperity, though New York was a strong trade rival. In 1822 the first steam ferry made a trial trip between Norfolk and Portsmouth. In 1845 the general assembly made Norfolk a city. With a population of 14,000 in 1854, it began to regain some of its earlier prestige. In 1855, however, it met with a setback in an epidemic of yellow fever, which destroyed about a tenth of the population. The hero of the scourge was a Negro gravedigger, who buried the dead until he, too, was struck down by the plague. He is remembered as 'Yellow Fever Jack,' and a monument in a cemetery here testifies to his faithfulness.
Margaret Douglas, a white woman from North Carolina, started Virginia's first Negro free school in Norfolk in 1853. When the enrollment increased to 25 she was sentenced to 3o days in jail on the charge that several pupils were slaves. Hardly had the city recovered from the epidemic when the War between the States brought on a new series of disasters. After the secession oi Virginia, the Federal command evacuated and burned the navy yard in Portsmouth. But when Roanoke Island, south of Norfolk, was occupied 18
February 1862, the situation of Norfolk became precarious; and, though the Virginia (Merrimac) gained temporary victories in March, Norfolk fell to Union forces under General John Ellis Wool, May 10, 1862. The city was never again in Confederate hands.
With the coming of peace Norfolk had little trade and no apparent future, but a hope came to fulfillment through the development of railroads. The Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad, laid in 1858, was merged in 1870 with the Southside and the Virginia & Tennessee as the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad. This system, reorganized in 1881 as the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, brought the first carload of coal into Norfolk in 1882 and began the traffic that made Norfolk a commanding coal port.
Meanwhile, the Norfolk and Southern (now Norfolk Southern) Railroad Company, chartered in 1875 as the Elizabeth City and Norfolk Railroad Company, laid tracks between Norfolk and Elizabeth City, North Carolina. When the road was extended to Albemarle Sound, Norfolk became a port through which fruit, vegetables, and other perishable products of the South pass quickly to Northern markets. The Virginian Railway (organized as the Tidewater Railway in 1904), which brings coal from West Virginia, and the Belt Line, connecting all railroads with terminals at Norfolk and Portsmouth, are more recent developments in transportation.
Norfolk has extended its boundaries several times. In 1906 it annexed Berkley, a town on the east side of the river's southern branch. The Jamestown Tercentennial Celebration (Jamestown Exposition) was held in 1907, on a 340-acre site at Sewall Point. A Congressional Act of 1905 provided for a celebration of 'the birth of the American Nation, the first permanent Settlement of English-speaking people on the Western Hemisphere, by the holding of an international naval, marine, and military celebration in the vicinity of Jamestown.' Virginia erected many buildings; many States built duplicates of early homes to create a 'Colonial City'; and the Federal Government contributed buildings and a pier. The exposition was formally opened by President Theodore Roosevelt. Today the grounds are occupied by the Naval Training Station.
Norfolk boomed during the World War. For two years training stations and munitions factories hummed with activity; camouflaged ships sailed in and out; soldiers and sailors and their followers overflowed the city; officers came to Norfolk for diversion. With the coming of peace in 1918 the munitions plants were closed, but since then the city has steadily pulled itself out of postwar depression and acquired more territory. In 1919 it adopted the city-manager plan of government. Industrially, Norfolk is now one of the foremost cities of the New South. For the traveler and Norfolk is a traveler's town-there are few places that rival its varied attractions.
1. The CONFEDERATE MONUMENT, Main St. and Commercial Place, is a towering pedestal of white Vermont granite surmounted by the bronze figure of a soldier. The pedestal was erected in 1889 on the center lot of the original town of Norfolk. In 1907, when more funds were collected, the monument was completed by the addition of the statue designed by William Couper, Norfolk sculptor.
2. ST.PAUL'S CHURCH (Episcopal) (open 8:30-5 daily, except 8:30-1 Thurs. and Sun.), NW. corner N.Church St. and E.City Hall Ave., standing in a placid, brick-walled graveyard strewn with ancient tombstones, of which the oldest bears the date 1673, incorporates much of the walls of the only building that survived the bombardment by Dunmore's ships and the subsequent burning of Norfolk in 1776. A cannon ball is embedded in the south wall. Beneath a thick mantle of ivy the building shows good proportions. Small 'rose' windows, late Georgian Colonial vestibules, and a short, semidetached tower built in 1901 are recent alterations. The transepts and the roof were reconstructed about 1892.
The first church on this site was erected in 1639-41, but the present building dates from 1739. Long known as Borough Church, it still serves Elizabeth River Parish, constituted about 1634.
On the second floor of the adjacent brick Parish House is ST. PAUL'S MUSEUM (open 8:30-5 weekdays except 8:30-1 Thurs.; 8:30-12 Sun.; adm, free). Here are displayed documents and pictures relative to the history ok old Virginia churches and portraits of ecclesiastical and secular leaders.
3. The NORFOLK COURTHOUSE, SE. corner E. City Hall Ave. and N. Bank St., built between 1847 and 1850, has a portico with six Tuscan columns. The front of the two-story building is of faced granite, the rest is stuccoed. A colonnaded dome rising 110 feet above the street looks down on magnificent shade trees that cover a neat lawn. When first erected, this building was the city hall. The CLERK'S OFFICE, back of the courthouse, was built, apparently, at the same time as the main structure.
4. The MYERS HOUSE (open 9-6 daily, adm. 250), SW. corner E. Freemason and N. Bank Sts., built in 1789-91, has one of the finest Adam style interiors in America. The walls are thickly covered with ivy. A fine cornice continues across the gable ends, which are pierced by farilights. The well-proportioned windows in two tiers have heavy flat arches of stone with raised keys. Twin entrances, opening on each side of the outer corner and approached by short, double flights of white marble steps between iron railings, have mahogany doors protected by arched pedimented hoods supported on slender fluted columns.
The ceiling of the spacious hall along one side is ornamented with beautiful plaster work in low relief above a delicate cornice and deep frieze. With variations of design the ceilings are similar in all the principal rooms, and paneled dadoes lead around to mantlepieces of the finest Adamesque delicacy. The dining room and the rooms above it were added about 1800.
Built by Moses Myers, merchant and consul of Dutch-Jewish ancestry who moved here from New York, the house was occupied continuously by members of his family until 1931, when it was opened as a museum. Besides a large quantity of furniture of good American and English design, there are portraits of Moses Myers and of his wife, Eliza Judd of Canada, by Gilbert Stuart, a Thomas Sully portrait of their eldest son, John, and others.
5. The MASONIC TEMPLE, SE. corner E. Freemason and N. Brewer Sts., is a brick building appropriately erected, in 1875, on the street that was designated Freemason on the 'Boush Plan,' a map of Norfolk made in 1762. First chartered in 1741, the lodge subsequently surrendered its charter, and a new one was granted in 1786.
6. OLD NORFOLK ACADEMY, N. Bank St., between Grigsby Pl. and E. Charlotte St., is an austere brick building in Greek Revival style modeled on the plan of the Temple of Theseus and painted gray. The facade has a double portico supported by six Doric columns. Built about 1840, the building housed the Norfolk Academy until it was acquired by the city in 1916. It accommodates the juvenile and domestic relations court.
7. The FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Negro), 418 E. Bute St., is a brownstone building, the fourth on this site, completed in 1904 by the oldest Baptist organization in the city. Organized in 1800 by the Reverend James Mitchell, an Englishman, the congregation first met in a hall, then in the 'Borough Church' (St. Paul's). In 1816 all the white members except the minister's family withdrew and organized a new church.
8. NORFOLK'S MACE rests within a specially designed plate glass case in the vault of the National Bank of Commerce Building (open 9-4 weekdays, 9-12 Sat.); NE. corner N. Atlantic and E. Main Sts. Of pure silver, the mace weighs six-and-a-half pounds and is 41 inches long. The staff, composed of six sections, is embellished with leaves and scrolls. Under the openwork of the crown surmounting the head are the arms of Great Britain, the letters C.R., and the initials of Fuller White, London silversmith who fashioned the mace. Around the paneled periphery are the emblems of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland.
At the base is the inscription: 'The gift of the Honble. Robert Dinwiddie Esqr. Lieut. Governour of Virginia to the Corporation of Norfolk 1753.'
Despite the date, the mace was not presented until 1754, when it was 'thankfully received.' Carried for safe keeping to Kemp's Landing when Norfolk was burned in 1776, it was subsequently returned, making only two appearances, in 1836 and 1857, until May 1862, when Mayor W.W.Lamb (1835-1909), liberal editor of the Daily Southern Argus, alarmed at the Confederate evacuation, buried the 'beautiful and bright though ancient silver mace' under the hearthstone of his house. It was discovered in 1894 among a litter of old records in a room at the police station.
9. The UNITED STATES CUSTOMHOUSE, Main and Granby Sts., is a
large stone building, completed in 1857. The Corinthian capitals of the
portico and the columns of the interior are of cast iron. Some of the original
floors, of black and white marble in checkerboard pattern, have. been
The first customhouse, built in 1819 at Church and Water Streets, was
converted into a Federal prison during the War between the States, after
which it was burned.
10. The SAMS HOUSE (Private), 311 N. Boush St., is a yellow painted
brick structure, rising two stories above an English basement. It has a high,
classical porch and a double iron-railed flight of steps. The name of the
builder, Robert Boush, a great-grandson of Norfolk's first mayor, who
purchased the land in 17 15, is cut in one of the bricks; two other bricks bear
the date 1800. Descendants of the Boush family owned and occupied the
house until 1847, when it was purchased by Conway Whittle. Here Conway
Whittle Sams wrote the Conquest of Virginia.
11. The GREENE HOUSE (private), 317 N. Boush St., set back from the
street in a neat greensward, is a square frame building in early Federal style.
Twin fights of steps ascend behind iron railings to a stoop. This house was
probably built by John Pryor, who bought the land in 1786. In 1796 it
became the property of Eli Vickery, and in 1883, of the Greene family.
12. The CHINESE BAPTIST CHURCH, 206 E. Freemason St., a brick
building erected in 1879 by the First Christian Disciples, has a Chinese
minister and a Sunday school attended by some 70 Chinese children.
Church work among the Chinese, begun in 1901 by an interdenominational
group, was turned over in 1918 to the Baptist Union of Norfolk and
Portsmouth, which in 1930 sponsored the organization of this church.
When Norfolk was occupied by Federal troops from 1862-65, General
Egbert L. Viele, military governor of the city, occupied the Selden house.
Egbert L. Viele ,Jr., born here in 1864, settled in France at an early age and
under the name of Francis Viele-Griffin became an outstanding poet and
vers librist. Robert E. Lee, during his last visit to Norfolk in 1870, was a guest in this house, then occupied by Dr. Selden's son, Dr. William Selden
(1808-87), formerly a surgeon in the Confederate army.
15. The NORFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY (open 9-9 weekdays), 345 W.
Freemason St., the gift of Andrew Carnegie, is a large stone building in
French Renaissance style built on land donated by the daughters of Dr.
William Selden: Julia, Charlotte, Caroline, and Mary. In the fireproof William
Henry Sargeant Memorial Room there is a valuable collection of Virginiana.
The library, which has about 94,000 volumes, maintains seven branches,
including one for Negroes.
16. The MILHADO HOUSE (private), 250 W. Bute St., a tall brick
building, has a dormer-windowed attic and two front entrances, one in the
English basement and the other, more formal, through a portico to the floor
above. In the rear stands the old kitchen. Erected 'in the fields,' probably by
John Smith, the first occupant, the house was bought in 1768 by Dr.
Alexander Gordon. While serving as surgeon in the British army during the
Revolution, Colonel Gordon was captured and imprisoned at Norfolk.
Exchanged for an American officer in 1775, he returned to England, where he
died. Aaron Milhado II (1808-51), Colonel Gordon's grandson, and a
subsequent owner of the house, was one of Norfolk's leading citizens.
17. FORT NORFOLK (open by permission from District Engineer Office,
War Department, Post Office Building), W. end of Front St., with gunless
ramparts and a smooth lawn that sweeps to a sea wall, long ago outlived its
usefulness as a fortress and is now district headquarters of the United
States Engineers and a storage place for ammunition.
Built in 1794 by the State of Virginia, the fort was sold the following year
to the Federal Government. From its key position, it aided American troops
in opposing the British at the Battle of Craney Island, June 22, 1813.
Abandoned by the garrison upon Virginia's secession, it was held by the
Confederates until Norfolk was evacuated in 1862.
18. The MUSEUM OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (open 12-5:30 Tues-Sat.;
2:30-5:30 Sun.;free), SE. corner Yarmouth St. and Mowbray Arch, a
limestone building of Italian Renaissance design, was opened in 1933.
American Indian artifacts and pottery, Mexican idols, Chinese ceramics,
stoneware and early porcelain are on display as permanent and loan
collections. An extensive library specializes in genealogical works. The
museum conducts special exhibitions of contemporary art, publishes the
quarterly Tidewater Arts Review, and presents frequent lectures on art,
music, literature, and the drama.
19. CHRIST-ST.LUKE'S CHURCH (Episcopal) (open 8-5 Mon.-Fri. 8-2:30
Sat. and 6-1:30 Sun) P SE. corner W. Olney Rd. and Stockley Gardens, is a
gray granite building with limestone trim designed in a modified Tudor
Gothic style. A high tower above the entrance is finished with elaborate
finials. Foremost among the decorations are a bas-relief carved in Caen
stone after Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, and stained glass windows by
Meyer of Munich.
The building was erected in 1909. The congregation has been formed by
the merger of three churches: Christ Church, founded in 1798 on its
separation from the Borough Church (St. Paul's); St. Luke's Church,
organized in 1871; and St. Andrew's Church, formed about 1912.
22. The NORFOLK DIVISION OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM
AND MARY and a branch of the VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE,
SW. corner Hampton Blvd. and Bolling Ave., providing college courses for
local students, are housed in a former public school building acquired in 1930
and a large brick structure built in 11936. On the grounds is FOREMAN
FIELD, containing a concrete stadium with a seating capacity of 18,000,
erected in 1936.
23. The UNITED STATES MARINE HOSPITAL, E. Hampton Blvd., facing
Lafayette River, is a large structure of concrete, stone, and brick, built in 1922
and greatly enlarged in 1933- With a capacity for 400 patients, it admits
persons certified for hospital and out-patient treatment by the U.S. Public
Health Service.
24. The UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATING BASE (open 8 a.m. to
sunset daily), Hampton Blvd. and 99th St., occupies the 850-acre: site of
the Jamestown Exposition on Hampton Roads. Established in 1917, it is
one of the most modern naval bases in the world. Scattered about are 453
buildings valued, with equipment, at $30,000,000 Major units are the: Navy
Supply Depot, 12 warehouses that handle supplies for the entire fleet; the
Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, supply base and assembling point for
marines assigned to foreign duty; Marine Barracks; the Training Station,
consisting of a drill department for recruits, Service Schools Department
for the technical training of enlisted men, and a preparatory school for
enlisted candidates for the Naval Academy; and the Naval Air Station, a
repair base for fleet aircraft.
Adam Thoroughgood House, 8 m.; Seashore State Park 14 m.; Cape Henry, 17
m.; Fort Story, 17.5 m.; Virginia Beach, 18 m. (see Tour Q. Norfolk Navy Yard, 1
m. (see Portsmouth).


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TAMPA, Fla. (Feb. 17, 2007) - After playing battling No. 15 Washington in a nine-inning affair during the first game of the Wilson Invitational on Saturday, the ETSU softball team had nothing left in the tank in the nightcap as Hofstra's Kayleigh Lotti pitched a no-hitter against the Bucs. Hofstra won the game, 8-0, in five innings, while ETSU committed a school record seven errors in the contest.
ETSU falls to 2-2 after four games this season, while Hofstra moved to 1-1. Freshman Darci Gilbert (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) was faced with some bad luck tonight as she allowed only one earned run in 4.2 IP and suffered her first collegiate loss (1-1), while Lotti made her first start of the 2007 a memorable one.
Both teams went down in order in the first, but the Pride would get all the offense they needed in the top of the second. After Gilbert got the leadoff hitter to ground out to short, she surrendered four consecutive hits to the Pride batters, which allowed three runs to cross the plate.
The Bucs only base runner came in the third when Briana Knight (Brier, Wash.) reached on a fielding error by the shortstop. However, ETSU could not move her along as Lotti recorded two of her 10 strikeouts by getting Powell and Gaynord out swinging. Hofstra would push two more runs across in the fourth and add three more in the fifth as the Bucs committed four of their seven errors in the two frames.
Gilbert allowed eight runs (one earned) on six hits and struck out two, while Lotti sent 10 of the 16 ETSU hitters down on strikes as she went the distance. Amanda Haverman (Kirkwood, Mo.) came in and pitched one-third of an inning, allowing one hit.
The Wilson Invitational continues tomorrow when ETSU returns to action against Wichita State at 11:30 a.m. For the second straight day ETSU will play another ranked team as they face host South Florida in the second game at 4:00 p.m. USF is currently ranked 24th in the nation. Fans can follow the USF game live by visiting www.gousfbulls.com.


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I'm talking about Picture Drama 8, not her right before the assassination.
And here's the thing: the soldiers would not be expended like that in the first place if he went with a different plan. Again, he had options. Plus, the Mt. Fuji thing was a case of No Endor Holocaust for the sake of expediency.
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Now what Schneizel deserved it or not is debatable, like many are angry ohgi and villetta should not have happy endings. My personal feeling is that some sacrifice had to be made to ensure preace, and not everyone gets poetic judgment. So I do not bother whether ohdi deserved peace or not. I am just happy Lelouch's plan succeeded and his sacrifice was not in vain.
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And thus it all comes back to the fact Lelouch (and Suzaku) simply did not want to do anything else at that point in the story. Both his specific way of thinking and his emotional state prevented him from picking other choices that seem better from a purely external perspective, but which do not take into account the character's point of view and all the subjective (or self-serving, if you prefer) objectives he wanted to achieve aside from merely uniting the world.
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Will Blacknight believe him?
With scumbag Ougi = No
He can't unite anyone against Schneizel at that point by words.
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If he wasn't such a jackass to the UFN he might have had a chance at uniting against Schinizel, however by the time he rolled out Damocles (and revealed Nunnally was alive) he was already too deep into the plan to stop (and Suzaku would have likely killed him if he wimped out for his own selfish desires for Nunnally again). Nobody would trust him at that point since he had basically proven everyone right in their theorys that he was an evil selfish bastard that wanted world dominiation.
Nunnally apparant death ruined everything. If he sucessfully took her back, then even if Schinizel talked the Black Knights into questioning him, Lelouch would have had the confidence and desire to talk his way out of it (I still maintain that if Lelouch had showed up full of confidence when Schnizel first attempted to negotiate he could have deflected Schniziels accusations and kept the BK on his side. But by the time he finally showed up they were already agitiated and he was too depressed to bother.) And ironically Nunally's supposed death had nothing to do with Ougi or Viletta.
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**** Ougi didn't ask him like comrade but like death sentence criminal
and he even dare to invite Schinizel to see his execution
(that why Lelouch said there is no point to say anything since it's already been checkmate(
And then *** Ougi said if he try to come back we will just said that he is fake
(All japan higher up already betray rest of world(UFN) and joined hand with Schinizel)
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Because he felt he had nothing more to live for after Nunnally seemingly died and learning that everything he ever thought he knew (his father was an evil bastard that murdered his mother and he needed to defeat him to avenge her and so that he and Nunnally could be left alone) was all a lie and basically everything he did in his life was for naught, and wanted to die, so he figured he might as well make his death useful.
Then Nunnally turned up alive, but it was too late as he had already started the plan and it was too late to back out.
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(Not under geass = random person they don't even know become emperor)
Black night and UFN trust *** Ougi more than him since they don't know that he is Zero but Britannia prince/emperor
So if *** Ougi say left = heaven(But it was actually hell) and Lelouch right = heaven
then all UFN will go left no matter what Lelouch try even if they can see flame from far away since Zero give them back their pride and hope
>>> *** Ougi used dead Zero name to control Blacknight
So in they end with most higher up in Blacknight from japan sold Blacknight and UFN for Schinizel = there no way he can do anything
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Semi-OT: How I wish Kallen showed Oghi pictures of Villetta spying on Lelouch during the year of capture.
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If the producers had retained their original plans for Code Geass R2 instead of changing the entire structure of the show, it might have turned out better if they had done a 2-part recap episode that would be a flashback of Season One, which might have been cheaper to produce than what was decided upon at the last minute.
Anyway, going back to Lelouch's death, I feel that death was the only escape for Lelouch for if he had lived, he would be in prison for the rest of his life. And while captured, if he managed to obtain his father's Geass, Lelouch might have found it as his way of escaping death because that would have been the only viable outcome for him. Either way, Lelouch was going to die. The only way that this whole ordeal could have been prevented is if Euphemia had not been Geassed into killing innocent lives, which led to her death.
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I don't think so. It was putting the two seasons together, 50 episodes, the same length as the usual Sunrise mech series. If anything they dragged it longer than they planned as they were afraid they'd get cancelled before season 1 was even finished as nobody in Sunrise had faith in the show at first. They certainly wouldn't go above 50, as only series based on ongoing manga do that.
Plus the writer and director insist that Zero requiem, the BK betrayal and Lelouch's death was always going to be the planned ending of the show. Only the road leading to it was changed in R2.
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Like season one, I felt that season two was rushed as well as the producers had suspected that Code Geass R2 would be the end. I wished that Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion had started out as a manga series first before it even became an anime TV series.
It's good to know that Code Geass: Renya of Darkness and Code Geass: Oz the Reflection are being maintained as a manga series first before the anime is even produced. The manga usually serves as a guide for the anime to follow. It is too bad that Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion never got the opportunity to be produced as a manga series, followed by the anime series.
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All aboard for Leo Varadkar as he casts a discerning eye at the mast.
Some people in Leinster House reckon that the next leader of Fine Gael will be the last man standing after the battle between Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney. (Although wiser heads say it would be premature to discount the assured and competent Brian Hayes).
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"Your Excellency," began the respectful letter from the general secretary of Fianna Fáil, cordially inviting their prodigal PD back to the fold with the tempting offer of a ringside seat for Micheál's keynote address in the RDS tonight.
After all the long years, was Fianna Fáil finally extending an olive branch to Des O'Malley, unjustly drummed out of the party nearly 30 years ago?
He told us of the moment he opened the envelope and read the communication from Fianna Fáil headquarters.
"The excitement nearly overwhelmed me." Indeed.
Extending Fianna Fáil's invitation to His Excellency Mr O'Malley (it is a little known fact that he's honorary consul of Macedonia), Seán Dorgan informs Des he will be expected to arrive at the venue by 7.15pm sharp and encloses a reply form for him to complete "so that the appropriate arrangements can be made to reserve your seat".
And doubtless, there'd probably be a little glass of wine afterwards and a chance for Micheál Martin to mend fences with a former giant of the party he now leads.
Dorgan concludes by sending kind regards and writes, "I hope you will be able to attend and I look forward to meeting you."
Well. Des could scarcely contain the emotion. But, somehow, he managed. Needless to say, he wrote back immediately.
"Dear Mr Dorgan,
I am not clear if I am eligible to attend as the national executive of your organisation expelled me by a majority of 81 to 9. They found me guilty, on the proposition of Mr CJ Haughey, of conduct unbecoming a member of Fianna Fáil by refusing to vote for the retention of the necessity for a doctor's prescription for the purchase of a condom.
Perhaps if your national executive passed a motion rescinding their decision of February '85, I could give the matter further consideration and possibly consult my authorities for their guidance and directions.
Yours sincerely . . ."
And you can't say fairer than that.
Given that Fianna Fáil dispatched its letter to Des the diplomat, the "authorities" to which he refers would be the government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Protocol, and all that.
O'Malley, who founded the Progressive Democrats after he was thrown out of Fianna Fáil, waited eagerly to hear back from the mother ship.
After two weeks, word arrived from headquarters.
As you can imagine, Des was all of a dither. He'd have to clear his diary for the weekend and buy a new suit. And Pat would want a new frock.
Vindication may have been long in coming, but now it was within touching distance. And then came the po-faced response from the general secretary in Mount Street:
"I wish to apologise for any annoyance caused you by my recent letter. It was a general invitation to all ambassadors and honorary consuls and I in no way meant to cause you any offence and I hope you will accept my assurances in that regard."
So here's Des, expelled from the party at the bidding of Charlie Haughey for opposing his risible stance on the availability of condoms, still in the wilderness. And in the meantime, he's watched the ignominious parade of former leaders and big names as they gave real meaning to the phrase "conduct unbecoming".
Happily, we can reassure Seán Dorgan and the party leadership that Des O'Malley is neither annoyed nor offended by their invitation.
"Oh, not at all. I'm not in the least bit offended – I'm amused. Just amused," says Des. "My hopes are dashed now. I'm still an unbecoming person."
Boyd Barrett strikes while Irons hot with environmental movie
It's not what you know – it's who you know.
Ask Richard Boyd Barrett – he's used his showbiz connection to get some big names to join his action campaign against the Government's plans to sell harvesting rights to more than a million acres of Ireland's forestry.
And he has invited his Oireachtas colleagues to a screening on Tuesday morning of a new feature-length documentary produced by actor Jeremy Irons, who is married to Boyd Barrett's Mammy, Sinéad Cusack.
Irons will be in attendance to answer questions about the film. A full house is expected.
The People Before Profit TD tells colleagues that it's "an informative and powerful documentary about the global environmental crisis which is developing as a result of the failure to deal properly with society's waste". The movie, which has not yet gone on general release, was recently shown in Britain's House of Commons.
It's 90 minutes long. This might tax the attention span of some of our politicians.
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Still no sign of the new junior minister for agriculture.
Enda's delay in filling the job is causing much angst among those Fine Gael backbenchers nursing expectations.
Damian English has been installed as favourite for the job, and at this stage he's sick and tired of people asking him if there's been any news from the Taoiseach.
Colleagues are now deliberately tormenting him by continually offering their congratulations, forcing the exasperated Deputy for Meath East to explain that he's been told nothing.
Deputies such as Tipperary's Tom Hayes and Wicklow's Andrew Doyle are also among those hoping for preferment.
But the Taoiseach's foot-dragging is becoming a major worry for TDs on both sides of the House.
Those plum Minister of State jobs are highly prized. And, of course, they are very important jobs. Without junior ministers the very fabric of government would crumble.
And yet . . .
The position has been vacant for over three months now, and in an action-packed start to the year the sky hasn't fallen in on agriculture.
People are talking. They're beginning to wonder. Sure do we really need junior ministers at all?
And that's what's beginning to spook the politicians and why they want Enda to get on with it.
Howlin hand-holders up in arms over their own cuts
The atmosphere in Brendan Howlin's office at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform must be a little icy these days.
Mr Howlin came in for a lot of stick from the Opposition this week for his handling of the failed Croke Park II negotiations and his attempts at reheating the process in an effort to extract concessions from the unions.
Now we see an interesting entry in the programme for next month's conference of the Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants (AHCPS).
Motion 8, submitted by the "PER Branch" of the association, states "that conference is strongly opposed to any further worsening of the pay and conditions of AHCPS
grades who have already accepted significant pay reductions in the national interest".
And who are the members of the PER Branch?
Only those senior public servants in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform whose job it is to hold Brendan's hand and make sure everything thing runs smoothly for him on the slash 'n' burn front.
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Timber Creek quarterback Tanner Hearn was mired in a back-up role that was likely to extend another season behind senior-to-be Stuckey Mosley.
On Friday, Rankin said he had heard from an assistant coach that he might have a new quarterback. The assistant was right.
While Rankin was tending to his duties overseeing the East River agriculture program at the Orange County Fair, Hearn was walking around East River's campus during his first official day at the east Orlando school.
"I'm actually really excited about this opportunity," Hearn said Friday evening. "I look forward to meeting a bunch of new players and learning a whole new offense, completely different than Timber Creek's, and I'm just excited about the whole situation."
The Hearn family bought a new house in the neighboring East River school district.
"Yeah, we moved completely and I transferred early enough so everything is pretty much set," Hearn said of his eligibility to participate in spring practice, which begins the first week of May.
Hearn has had an interesting journey. He came out of Avalon Middle School as a much-heralded quarterback who had participated in the Eastbay Youth All-American Game in San Antonio in January, 2011, a game that was held in conjunction with the U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
Upon entering his freshman season at Timber Creek, he certainly knew there would be competition, but what lay ahead could not have been predicted.
UCF head football coach George O'Leary hired assistant Danny Barrett to from Bethune-Cookman, and Barrett moved his family, including senior quarterback Zach Barrett, into the Creek district. Barrett won the job and directed the Wolves into the state playoffs.
Entering his sophomore season, Hearn once again was faced with competition from an upperclassman in junior Stuckey Mosley, who won the job and led the Wolves to a 10-2 mark and another state appearance. The incumbent at Creek this season, of course, is the senior-to-be Mosley, who is also an equally talented basketball player.
Hearn, 6-foot-1, 170 pounds, could have waited in the wings, but all-important game reps would have likely been few and far between and it's difficult to get much college attention from the sidelines. The family move to another school district certainly doesn't assure the sophomore of anything, but he's looking forward to the opportunity.
East River's two quarterbacks from this past season – Arnold Lusby and Matt Morris – are seniors, so the Falcons will need someone to step up.
"The past couple of years have been difficult. I was always battling a guy who was a little bit older than me," Hearn said. "But that pushed me to be a better quarterback and now that I'm over here I'll still be pushing myself to be a better quarterback."
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KALAMAZOO—WMU students Brendan Duffy, Shane Petersen and Alec Robbins will compete for the title of this year's funniest Bronco, followed with a set by comedian Roy Wood Jr., starting at 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in 227 Bernhard Center. Admission is $1 with a valid Bronco Card and $2 without.
Roy Wood Jr.
Roy Wood Jr. has been on CBS's "The Late Show with David Letterman" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," NBC's "Last Comic Standing," BET's "Comic View," and is a regular guest on "Chelsea Lately." In 2009, Entertainment Weekly named him one of 12 comics to watch.
For more information on Roy Wood Jr., visit roywoodjr.com.