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|View Poll Results: Madoka Magica - Episode 09 Rating
|Perfect 10
|9 out of 10 : Excellent
|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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|2011-03-04, 10:53
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|2011-03-04, 10:54
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The Mage of Four Hearts
Join Date: Mar 2010
Age: 28
This episode gets a perfect 10 from me. Maybe I drank too much coffee yesterday, but this episode struck me as both profoundly depressing, profoundly uplifting and entirely emotional.
It's funny that even in such a dark series, this episode still epitomizes the fact that we see in many magical girl shows: that optimism beasts cynicism.
Kyouko and Sayaka's cynicism may have gotten them killed, but Sayaka was at least able to help Kamijou, even if he didn't return her feelings and for a short time, she was able to protect other people. Kyouko was at least able to die as herself, not a witch and died helping her friend, something I can truly respect.
On the other hand, Homura's cold and efficient cynicism ultimately led nowhere, and changed nothing for the better, since despite her efforts Madoka is now nearly 100% sure to contract with QB. So really, optimism is better, in a way, or maybe I'm giving Urobuchi too much credit
As for Qb's little explanation, I won't go into whether or not he's telling the truth, though sacrificing human lives to stave off the heat death of the universe, something that won't happen for millions of years, at least is something i can't agree with.
The fact that it's suddenly sci-fi, well I'm reminded of Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
So really, it's all the same.
I'm really interested to see what Homura is going to do next. She's hit almost rock bottom, only place to go is up.
|2011-03-04, 11:01
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Stupidity is Bliss.
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: In Hancock's Heart
i want to see what that black cat's relevance is. Maybe he's the real wishmaker in here,making MGs w/o the risk of being witches. tHis would only mean that QB is making his 'own version' of turning girls into MG. well, a despicable version,i must say.XD
|2011-03-04, 11:10
|Link #264
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|2011-03-04, 11:15
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|2011-03-04, 11:19
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|2011-03-04, 11:20
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In terms of the mice subject, I think QB basically DOES think that Madoka and Homura and humans are mice. I'm expecting it to get at least a bit of a rude awakening though. Anyway, I think mostly your statements and idealism clashed with my own views mostly =) By the way I am a developer but I've wound up mostly working for pharmaceutical companies. So I have a bit of perspective on both sides heh. So I'm ok with dropping it at this point and agreeing to disagree as I think I got at least a tiny bit of my point across heh.
|2011-03-04, 11:20
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Join Date: Jul 2010
SeijiSensei might have hit the nail:
'QB seeks to extract young girls' "souls" and release their energy by compressing them into "seeds." '
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|2011-03-04, 11:52
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additional thoughts
it seems tho, homura do care for kyoko's welfare as well as sayaka from before, she was visibly (by facial expressions) affected when she realized what kyoko was planning to do in the end. of course she cant do anything anymore she has madoka to take care of. again it's so like homura saying she doesn't care but acting like she does.
and by the way QB is not sacrificing the girls, humans, humanity to "save" the UNIVERSE, he just wants a free energy source that doesn't increase universal entropy => basically increasing the natural life span of the universe. but what is objectionable is how it seems they would rather sacrifice us instead of probably just saving energy or using less energy themselves. no it seems they rather continue their alien lifestyle and to do that they need us humans as a viable energy source. [similar to how some people in this planet view the energy crisis]
Also delaying UNIVERSAL ENTROPY is of dubious benefit to human race at the moment, since this would happen so far in the future. earth could be hit by a wandering planet or the sun go nova looooong looong before that. so the argument that it will benefit "ALL" is questionable. possible if there's a race out there using energy at an enormous quantity to affect the timing, but then most probably it would be QB's race. they should just die out then or use less energy. for the "greater good"
well in defense of the sci fi feel of the entropy reveal, (tho i must admit it was unexpected) there was never any indication that QB is supernatural instead of alien stock. the show was never really heavy on the "medieval magic" setting IMO. actually the first few episodes i wondered if the show was on a near future setting. what with the high tech classrooms, bus stops, and general feel of the city. mostly i think it was just viewers preconceived notions of associating mahou or magic with "supernatural" "medieval" settings and stuff, that caused the jarring effect. i feel this is just more deconstruction in action.
as for the "never lied" vs being "untruthful" debate. it's going nowhere really fast because people are debating one definition against the other. while it might be true that QB never uttered a "false statement" it is also true that he purposely omitted information for his own ends thereby lying by omission. to have a fruitful debate or discussion on the issue let's follow Voltaire :
"Before we debate let us define our terms"
hmmm feeling so down on madoka better watch some uppers , lets go watch IS ^^ > for the plot!
|2011-03-04, 12:02
|Link #272
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It doesn't matter whether he provides cool upgrades, his persona STINKS! He's hiding something that makes everything about the contract pale in comparison to the final product.
All this technobabble shit is just over boarded wording to gloss over that she has to die for a greater gain, become boiled eggs for his dinner plate.
All this seeds he's collecting he's likely going to plant them so that they GROW INTO A TREE! See episode 1.
What bothers me is what could be so bad that even Homura is not talking.
1. She knows but revealing it would make it worse.
2. She doesn't know but has information that would bring it to light.
3. She only knows the revelation and not information needed to prevent it, given Kyubei's "truthfully deceptive" personalty it would get a great deal of effort to get any information out of him at previous timelines.
|2011-03-04, 12:28
|Link #273
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Since plenty of people simply ignore all other definition of 'lies' and define it narrowly as telling untruth. Let's examine QB's words. (Some paraphrasing but you get the idea)
Ep1. QB: 'Please contract with me so you can become a MG to kill witches and save those pour people being pushed to suicide.'
Ep9. QB: 'Please contract with me so you can become a MG and then turn into witches so I can harvest the energy of your soul to fight entropy."
Ep 1. QB: 'Help, Madoka, Help me, I am being killed...'
Ep 8. QB: 'You know killing me makes no difference.'
Ep 4. QB: 'Hey I will leave you guys alone since you don't want to contract.'
Ep 4. QB: 'Are you ready to contract now, Sayaka?"
Ep 5. QB: 'There is nothing I can do stop MGs from righting each other.'
Ep 6. QB: 'Hey you know I can touch your SG and create unbearable pains to you.'
Ep 9. QB: 'I don't know if it is possible to turn Witches back.'
Eo 9. QB: 'You know turning witches back is impossible.'
If you compare what he said, the first statement is false if the 2nd is 'truth'. So even under this narrow definition, QB has lied plenty of times.
|2011-03-04, 12:33
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Honestly I think it's a load of shit that things they're trying to get rid of (the witches) are something they end up creating anyway. That's pretty forced as a point in the story if you ask me, I could do without it.
|2011-03-04, 12:51
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Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
As to Incubator's most recent rationalization, someone (I would give them credit but it was about 200 posts back and I can't remember) raised the salient point - every time it makes an explanation it leaves out the most important detail. It's a master of moving the goal posts - whether you want to call it outright lying our not, nothing it says is true - there's always a vital component left out. Thus, Incubator manages to shift the discussion father and farther piecemeal, and things that would have been unimaginable if it had stated them upfront now seem almost mundane. It's a lie split into ten parts.
So, as to whether its current explanation - the whole entropy theory - is true or not, you can bet at the very least the most harrowing part was conveniently omitted. Whether or not you believe Incubator is lying outright - and I think there's evidence if not proof that its done that already - you certainly wouldn't want to accept the entropy theory at face value.
|2011-03-04, 13:05
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It's episode nine in a twelve episode series, yet Homura is still pulling the "I won't tell you jack shit until another corpse is tossed in front of you, and even then it will be self-serving and as vague as possible."
Madoka is obviously involved at this point. After the first death and disillusionment with the idea of becoming a magical girl, Homura should have told her what she knew. Instead all we get are I-told-you-so's and head tosses as Madoka cries over the body of her best friend.
|2011-03-04, 13:10
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"Under this narrow definition," Kyubey has not lied. These statements have nothing more than contradicting implications.
This is not about whether Kyubey is right or wrong, or whether he is good or evil. What matters is that he is harming humans and needs to be stopped. There will never be a correct or conclusive stance on a character's moral being.
|2011-03-04, 13:11
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Dango Daikaizoku
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Southern California
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that humans should just accept this and not fight back. I'm saying that as far as QB is concerned his actions have no moral value good or bad. They just are. You can't try to explain to him why you think what he's doing is wrong because our definition of wrong in this case has no meaning to him. Once you reach the point where you are unable to effectively communicate with an alien race then the only option is war.
|2011-03-04, 13:33
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|2011-03-04, 13:47
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Lets say you told Kyubei to GTFO, there's still the witches causing havoc, you'd have to run to a supernatural agency to take care of it, or go and summon a deity to fix it.
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International Hits: Keep Summer Alive With 'Tacata'
Here comes summer! Oh, whoops, there it went. And as September kicks in with its accompanying browning of leaves and multiplication of clothing layers, you'd think that maybe the sounds of summer would be set aside along with the bikinis.
But, no. Where I live, in New York, we still have some tropical days; and even if we didn't, most people everywhere like to keep summer alive in their minds. Hence, perhaps, the astonishing ongoing success of the happily inane "Tacata," a Euro-dance smash of this summer by the three-man "band" Tacabro, consisting of producer/DJs Mario Romano and Salvo Sapienza, and singer Martinez Rodriguez. Having conquered Scandinavia and Italy, it is still topping the Spanish charts and starting to be played on Latino American airwaves.
Why Tacata? Because it's a sound as cheery, crisp and regular as a woodpecker's attack on a treetrunk. Ta-Ka-Ta is a jumprope mantra, a nursery rhyme, a handclap game.
Sparse in the extreme, the track bounces along on a New Wave-y synthesizer riff and an insistent bass drum. Its primary quality is Rodriguez' cheerleading vocal. He invests the nonsense word — "The party gets started tacata ... The people are dancing the tacata ... The whole world's shouting, 'Tacata'" — with an attractive vigor, specially when he hits throwaway asides like, "Oh muchacho" or "Mamacita" and his voice drops to a hilarious confidential tone.
The video is unpretentious: gaudy flashing graphics that could have come from a primitive Sega game circa 1985, thrown together with some cartoon op art. Though seen bopping around with over-the-shoulder keyboards, Romano and Sapienza do not sell themselves hard as personalities. That responsibility is left to their Cuban singer, Rodriguez, whose big grin seems to encourage the all-but-faceless hip-swiveling, midriff-baring, waist-chain toting dancer. More neat than natty, the band are not flash dressers, though Martinez is noticeably fond of rolling both his trouser legs up.
Romano and Sapienza are not big bloggers or self-promoters, preferring to retain their mystique. This much, however, is known: the Sicilian Romano is not only a DJ and producer, but a visual artist. His focus changed when he began making music with an old mate who was to become the other bro' in Tacabro — fellow DJ Sapienza, of Catania. Starting in 2008, house singles of varied quality followed. Their "I Love Reggaton" was a brutish tribute; "Anda" has more of a folk-ska flavor. Tacabro definitely sound better in the later works when they are fronted by Rodriguez.
After bouncing back and forth between his island and Turin, where he performed in Latin clubs, Rodriguez settled in Italy in 2007 and began working with the DJs as Tacabro three years later. Thanks to Martinez, Tacabro sing in the far more widely understood Spanish, rather than their native Italian; a cosmopolitan touch that is typical of a transnational Euro-dance hit.
For that is one of the most pleasing aspects of a song like "Tacata." The great tribe of house spans national boundaries, welding a global community of blissed-out hedonism. The balance of the song's rhythm and melody, bottom and top, the way its staccato sounds skip where you do (and don't) expect them, all combine to perk people up and make them feel lively and friendly. Easy, right? But it took Romano and Sapienza years to get it right. If more producers could do it, they would. And it is as simple as that.


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Hey, April! Don't let the door hit you on the way out. You turned out to be kind of a nothing month for most investors. In fact, it's ironic that the stock that made the biggest news splash as a one-day earnings winner, Apple AAPL, -3.20% actually finished the month lower by 3%. Cruel joke.
So why did April bite? Well, the main problems for investors were fears of a peak in earnings, a contagion effect from sovereign debt troubles in Europe and a distinct slowdown in economic data reports.
To put an exclamation point on each factor, the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index on Monday came in lower than expected, major earnings reports missed, and downgrades of Spanish banks hit the constitutional monarchy's stock market with a right cross, leaving it with an 11% loss for the month.
Now we are headed into May, which is a month that a lot of investors worry about. The last two Mays featured the start of a protracted summer decline. So is that in the cards again?
Well, let's look at why it's often feared, why it could be a problem again, and what extenuating circumstances might prevent a repeat of last year. I'll be leaning on my own research, plus that of Capital Economics and Bespoke Investment Group analysts.
Since 1945, the average gain in the S&P 500
has been more than 6% between Nov. 1 and April 30, but less than 1% between May 1 and Oct. 31. According to Cap Econ analysts, there are a few reasons to think that this pattern could repeat.
-- Reason 1. Historical data suggests that a cyclical downturn in the U.S. profit cycle lies around the corner. There have been nine U.S. recessions since 1950. On average, the cyclical peak in profits occurred 11 quarters into each recovery, and the trough-to-peak increase in profits was 4.7 percentage points.
The latest downturn ended 11 quarters ago in the second quarter of 2009; since then, profits has already risen by 6.4 percentage points, or 40% more than the average. Although a decline in earnings could be offset by an advance in the price/earnings multiple, it's unlikely.
CapEcon analysts note that in those nine cycles, the average P/E of the S&P 500 actually fell a touch in the year after profits peaked.
-- Reason 2. The broad market P/E has risen by an unusually large amount in the latest cycle, which means it has more room to shrink. The current P/E of the S&P 500 is around 22, well above the long-term average of 15. There are a lot of different ways to measure this, but the bottom line is that the market is no longer nearly as cheap as it was two years ago. This lack of cheapness is occurring at a time when profit growth is slowing, which is a bad combination.
-- Reason 3. Equities could run ashore this summer due to a quirk in U.S. monetary policy. According to statements from the Fed, rates are bound to stay low through 2013. That would normally give the market at least a year more to expand, since 90% of the time the S&P 500 peaks within eight months of the Fed raising rates.
But it's important to note that much of the recent market gains so far have come from unconventional policy stimulus, such as quantitative easing and fiscal spending. Once that dries up (as it inevitably will), the market has to stand on its own -- and there is very little evidence that it can do that yet.
In fact, CapEcon analysts point out that if the provision of abundant liquidity has propelled the stock market higher, then logically its eventual withdrawal will have the opposite effect. The question is: When will investors start to discount that? They could use the excuse of a profit slowdown to start early.
If so, then a lot of the high-beta stocks that have propelled the market higher this year, such as Apple and Caterpillar CAT, +0.69% could become a drag. In their place we may see some of the late-cycle stocks rise up in their place, such as Hershey Foods HSY, -1.95% and Capstead Mortgage CMO, +0.14%
Fear not
OK, so those are some big issues to worry about. How about just a look at May seasonality? Well, here you go.
While April has historically been one of the best months of the year for the market, that didn't occur in 2012. Instead, investors took a break after running stocks higher at a torrid pace from January to March.
According to Bespoke research, over the last 100 years, the Dow has averaged a small gain of 0.05% in May with positive returns 52% of the time. Over the last 50 years, the Dow has averaged a decline of 0.18% in May, and over the last 20 years, the Dow has done a little better in May with an average gain of 0.65%.
Not so hot, right? But there's more to this story. (Isn't there always?)
Bespoke data shows that when the market has been strong over the first four months of the year, May has been awesome. From 1927 to 2011, the S&P 500 index has been up more than 10% through the first four months of the year 19 times. The S&P 500 has gone on to average a gain of 2.19% in May those years, with positive returns 68.4% of the time.
During all other Mays since 1927, the S&P 500 has averaged a decline of 0.74%. So as you can see, history shows a significant outperformance in May when January through April has been up big.
Now, as far as the sectors and industries that tend to do the best in May, the list is actually quite long. From the historical perspective, the best groups to focus on during the month are food, beverage and tobacco, consumer services, banks, semiconductors, retailing, insurance, household products, drugs, tech hardware and media -- all with gains of 1.6% to 3.5%.
Bottom line: There are good reasons to be wary of the market's performance going forward into the summer. But don't let that caution prevent you from observing that the best stocks in favored industries will beat the odds. I'll provide profiles of some of my top prospects in the coming weeks.
Jon Markman owns shares of Apple and Capstead Mortgage.


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I believe that man is Ray Nash. I have heard him speak and watched him as he answered difficult questions (without sound bites), staying true to the Constitution. I believe he will listen to the will of the people of our great state and country. Sheriff Nash consistently and clearly promotes fiscally-conservative, limited government and free markets to insure prosperity to South Carolina and America. He has held strong to these fundamental values that are the bedrock of what makes America the "home of the free and land of the brave."
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Pen vs. Pen: Dealing With A Copycat By Naming & Shaming
from the blatant-copying dept
For reasons that I don't fully understand, one of the most popular categories of products that have been successful on Kickstarter is high quality metallic pens. There are tons. But one of the first really, really successful ones was Pen Type-A, a minimal stainless steel case for the popular Hi-Tec-C pens, created by CW&T. Among the distinct features of the pen was the rectangular stainless steel case with a ruler on the side that it came in. The Kickstarter project raised $281,990 -- a bit more than the $2,500 they shot for.
And then... earlier this week, popular site Fab.com announced a sale on something called the Torr Classic... a pen that looks remarkably like the Pen Type-A. Remarkably.
Now, for CW&T, this is clearly a pretty horrible situation. The "partner" that they were working with to help them manufacture the pens that everyone had bought had apparently started his own company to make nearly identical pens... and did this while still waiting for the full order of original pens to come in. CW&T responded by just telling the world what had happened:
Oh, and they've also found a new manufacturing partner, here in the US:


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TMC wrote:bigstrads wrote:first off wrote:First off how much does league pass cost?bigstrads wrote:TMC wrote:bigstrads wrote:TMC wrote:I think it may be a good idea to keep the thread. That way, others can see what happened and won't start the same thread once they realize the NBA League Pass starts one week later than it should.
Sensible Mr T............thats why we love you!
No homo, Bigs. Seriously. I had enough with THAT thread.
Come on, just accept the straight man love!!!..........your even more straight if your able to say such things and be comfortable with it.........so come on, say it............say you love me too.
do you guys have matching bracelets?
THATS!!! what Im talking about!!!.............Im Turk and TMC is JD though.
I'm not sure about that. You pic actually shows that you're much closer to be JD than Turk.
Ahh, knew you were going to say that............physical similarities are not taken into account here, only personality.


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9/20/2005 1:02am, #1
How long does "Poser Probation" last?
One thing I used to hate about playing pick-up games of football were the posers that would show up with their Dion Sanders jersy, with a mouthpiece and receivers gloves, but would completely suck on the field. Of course since I didn't dress the part, they would get picked first, but that team would suffer the consequences of judging a book by it's cover :icon_sunn
Anyway, I was just curious about the social protocol of BJJ. How long should one be training before one starts showing up in Sprawl or Clinch Gear shorts, or a Rednose (or other brand name) gi? Do I have to go through several pairs of $5 walmart Starter shorts before deciding to throw down the cash, or are people going to look at me and take extra special care in making me squeal for coming off as a poser.
I'm just curious, but I'm still sticking with the Walmart gear for a while, since I don't seem to have a problem using it for Kung Fu, weight training and BJJ. I was talking to one of the guys that loves his Clinch Gear shorts, and a few of the guys have those Sprawl shorts with the stretch material panel in the crotch area, and I thought they looked very cool. I was also thinking about getting a Jiu Jitsu gi as well.Jaguar's MMA record
pre Kung Fu and BJJ: 0-0-0
post Kung Fu and BJJ: 0-0-0 (BOO YAA!!)
We're number one! All others are number two or lower.
- The Sphinx (Mystery Men)
9/20/2005 1:07am, #2
I bought some Sprawl shorts and a grappling top after like a month, when I first started going to the no-gi classes. I won't waste my money on the $5 crap that rips and stuff. It's lasted me for 7 months so far. I got a few "nice outfit" remarks when I first showed up, but I stayed for a while now and even competed (lost 1st match :P), so I think I can be considered a "regular".
9/20/2005 3:11am, #3
Well, there's no reason to ever buy sprawl shorts unless you're fighting, but there is a good reason to get a good long sleeved shirt like underarmor, or a rashguard. They keep you cleaner, more comfortable, and cooler. Buy better gear as soon as you're sure you're serious.
After about 2 months I bought a pair of board shorts and a long sleeved underarmor. I don't think you'll need anything more fancy under most conditions.Tough is not how you act, tough is how you train.
9/20/2005 3:25am, #4
On the subject, make sure you never ever buy any clothes to wear outside of training that reference your hobby. The only excuse for anybody to be wearing gear like tapout and SFUK, etc is because you were given it as a promotion before your previous fight.Tough is not how you act, tough is how you train.
9/20/2005 7:38am, #5
Bought the $75 gi which the school had on hand. Will keep that until it wears out. Then I will buy a new one. Repeat. Or when I rearrange my schedule, perhaps I'll have another gi on hand while the other one dries.
Regarding those who wear pimp gear, I think a bit less about working on what I need to work on, and a bit more about seeing if I can "beat" billy bad ass.
9/20/2005 7:38am, #6
I brought myself a long sleeve Vitamins and Minerals rash guard and a pair of gi shorts a while ago. Funny thing is, I don't have a qualm about wearing them at my academy, but when I trained at other academies whilst travelling, I felt that the poser factor went waaay up.
In some respects I'm lucky, though. My instructor is the Aussie distributor for Koral Kimonos, and a lot of my training partners seem to have bought gis in a number of outlandish colours, so my green and black MKM blends right in :)
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9/20/2005 8:42am, #7
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I am actually asking a question along the same lines in another thread in the General BS section, maybe i can get some of your opinions.
I will start taking BJJ within this month, I have a JJ Gi, but its no name and is not BJJ cut/style. What is the general attitude towards having just a plain white traditional JJ Gi while doing BJJ. Now I probably will buy a better gi later but this one was free and seems like a reasonable choice for a total nuub like me.
9/20/2005 8:53am, #8
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9/20/2005 9:47am, #9
you will be fine"The next one I will take will pay for my loss. Someone has to pay!" ~ The Axe Murderer
9/20/2005 9:51am, #10Originally Posted by feedback"The next one I will take will pay for my loss. Someone has to pay!" ~ The Axe Murderer


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I'm assuming most of us are aware of the licensing issues when it comes to the CDDL and the GPL. ZFS is an awesome piece of work, but because of this, it was never ported to the Linux kernel - at least, not as part of the actual kernel. ZFS has been available as a userspace implementation via FUSE for a while now.
Main developer Brian Behlendorf has also stated that the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has repeatedly urged Oracle to do something about the licensing situation so that ZFS can become a part of the kernel. "We have been working on this for some time now and have been strongly urging Sun/Oracle to make a change to the licensing," he explains, "I'm sorry to say we have not yet had any luck."
There's still some major work to be done, so this is not production-ready code. The ZFS Posix Layer has not been implemented yet, therefore mounting file systems is not yet possible; direct database access, however, is. Supposedly, KQ Infotech is working on this, but it has been rather quiet around those parts for a while now.
"Currently in the ZFS for Linux port the only interface available from user space is the zvol," the project's website reads, "The zvol allows you to create a virtual block device dataset in a zfs storage pool. While this may not immediately seem like a big deal it does open up some interesting possibilities."
As for the ZFS FUSE implementation, Behlendorf hopes that they can share the same codebase. "In the long term I would love to support both a native in-kernel posix layer and a fuse based posix layer," he explains, "The way the code is structured you actually build the same ZFS code once in the kernel as a set of modules and a second time as a set of shared libraries. The in-kernel version is used by Lustre, the ZVOL, and will eventually be used by the native posix layer."
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I've been trying to make a simple (I think) plugin but have utterly failed so far.
Basically I want to execute view.show_at_center whenever on_modified is triggered in the EventListener.
I've read the online docs and looked at WordCount's source code (it seemed close), but I cannot for the life of my work this out. Can someone please help me or at least tell me if this should be a lot longer than the three lines I imagine it to be?
(I should mention that I'm not a programmer, but in the past have managed to puzzle out how to do small things.)
import sublime_plugin
class AlwaysCenterCommand(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
def on_modified(self, view):
sel = view.sel()
pt = sel[0].begin() if len(sel) == 1 else None
if pt != None:
Center if not multi selection and modifying. That is it.
Or alternatively you could just use the region.
import sublime_plugin
class AlwaysCenterCommand(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
def on_modified(self, view):
sel = view.sel()
region = sel[0] if len(sel) == 1 else None
if region != None:
Thank you for the quick response!
It works exactly as expected and it's even more robust than what I asked for. I was actually planning to break multi-selection. (So why it hadn't occured to me that sel is an array?)
I've tinkered with it to make it center the cursor when selection is modified:
import sublime_plugin
class AlwaysCenterCommand(sublime_plugin.EventListener):
def on_selection_modified(self, view):
def center_cursor(self, view):
sel = view.sel()
region = sel[0] if len(sel) == 1 else None
if region != None:
This may be a bit overkill. It's nice that now the cursor is always centered, but it's very difficult to select text with the mouse. (I think I won't mind if I am writing prose, but I have yet to try it out at length.)
I've had a couple ideas about this (but I haven't looked into them, yet):
]Differentiate between mouseclicks and keypresses. I know FocusWriter uses this strategy, but I don't quite like it. (I found myself having scrolled with the mouse to a location and then, when I started typing, the view reverted to where the cursor was.)/]]Differentiate between regular and distraction-free mode, centering on_modified in the former case and on_selection_modified in the latter./]
If anyone has used WriteRoom or iA's Writer or any other software which centers the cursor, could you please share strategies for keeping the cursor centered while not breaking (too much) the editor's functionality?
(And thanks again to facelessuser.)
Pardon my ignorance, but what is a typical use case for a centered cursor? And by "centered", do you mean always centered on the current line, ie, in the center of the text input area? I know this may sound dumb, but I don't understand how this would be helpful. Not trying to suggest it should/could not be, just that I'm drawing a blank.
He meant centered vertically in the view-able screen, not centered horizontally on the line.
So when he says he modified it to center during the on_selection_modified, so when moving the cursors, the lines would move up and down instead of the cursor.
Thanks for the explanation. Interesting. I don't think I've ever considered that as a possibility. Do many people use/desire such functionality? I'd like to hear some user stories about how this has made a difference in their day to day use.
Or you could just try it out for yourself...
Everyone is different and likes different things. I personally don't care for the functionality, but quodlibet does; that is good enough for me. But give it a try if your curious as COD312 says .
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I use ST2 for two different tasks. Writing HTML, CSS & the occasional Javascript and writing prose. I would neither use nor recommend this for the former task or coding in general; I find it very useful for the latter.
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Centering the cursor is a feature of several "distraction free environments". Although the whole idea of such software is a little gimmicky, keeping the cursor centered is actually a useful feature. When writing prose, especially on first drafts, you treat the screen like a page: you start on the top left and work your way down and to the right. But screens, unlike pages, do not turn, so most of the time you end up looking at the bottom of your screen. The solution (or a solution) is to treat the screen like a typewriter, by centering the cursor. This keeps your sight focused on a single line so that you can focus on typing and let the editor worry about scrolling.
The current implementation, as posted above, is a little glitchy and makes mouse-use very difficult. But I have used editors dedicated to writing prose, and I spent too much time missing ST2 features. As I use this in my writing projects, I hope I will be able to improve the problems which will inevitably arise. (I wrote this comment in ST2 with cursor-centering enabled, and I got a "slow plugin" as I was editing this paragraph, so there's surely work to be done.)
If you happen to write prose (or blog or whatever), you can try it and see if it works for you. I should repeat that I think it would be a bad idea to write code in this mode.
Edit: a theme that takes cursor-centering into account is important. (I.e., centering text, 67 character wrap, 16px+ font-size, etc.) I will shape up what I am using and share it soon-ish.
You might get a cheap improvement by using the on_modified event instead.
if view.match_selector(0, 'text.plain'): ... can restrict to only text files.
if view.match_selector(0, 'text.plain'): ...
Check out the Idle Watcher example at sublimetext.com/docs/plugin-examples, though you'll need to translate the example from ST1 to ST2.
Idle Watcher
Thanks for the explanation, quodlibet. I wasn't so much interested in how well it works out for people, so the notion of trying it out for myself is really sort of moot. I was more interested in why someone would use it. The idea of writing prose makes sense. I don't write prose or any type of literature, so the concept of distraction-free writing is not something I've ever given much thought to.
To be fair to the suggestions that I try it out myself, I did put the plugin in place. I quickly noticed the issues with selection. That alone would be enough to keep me from using it while trying to work. It would drive me bonkers and be a major distraction.
Neat stuff. One learns a lot by asking questions. Thanks for the answers.
Thanks for the input.
Using the on_modified event is what I originally was planning to use and the code that facelessuser provided. I switched to on_selection_modified because that was closer to the behavior I wanted. I knew that mouse-selection would be a disaster, but it doesn't bother me; I love scrolling with the keys with on_selection_modified. I have thought that it might be possible to put together a function (or series of functions) that centers the cursor on_modified, as well as every command that potentially moves the cursor up or down. But maybe that would be rewriting the on_selection_modified function
Restricting it to text files or related syntaxes (markdown, textile etc.) is in the TODO, but it's a little more complicated than that. For this plugin to "work" properly, it needs a specific theme as well. And, as far as I can, tell plugins can't override a user's theme settings. (I derive this information from the fact that the "org mode" plugin doesn't do this, either.)
I'll take a look at 'Idle Watcher', but I think a second is maybe half-a-second too slow for this purpose.
Writing code with this plugin drives me bonkers. But writing prose is a whole different beast.
To put it another way: what I call a line when I write code, I call a paragraph when I write prose. The semantic units are utterly different.
I'm a just a writer, not a coder at all. This functionality is very useful. However, I have been wondering ...
I recently added BufferScroll to my install of ST2 so I can have a single file cloned over multiple pane which will all scroll with me. One of the points of this behavior for my work is so I could, for example, set up with 3 columns and focus on the middle one while I work which would give me a column worth of text front and back of the point I'm working at. Very useful for me most of the time as I'm trying to make things flow into each other, agree with each other, etc.
Now the typewriter scrolling you have with this code works only to center the cursor in the first panel. If you try typing in any other panel, things get all wonkey, similarly to how things go when you try to make mouse selections (which, incidentally, is no problem for me, just thought I'd try it out to see for myself since reading of it in this thread). The most ideal situation would be for it to work in any panel you chose to place you're cursor, for a couple of reasons. First, I think the optimal default mode here is to be able to input text in the second panel and have 3 or 4 columns of sync scrolled material presenting a good panorama of the surrounding text. Second, I know there will be times when you'll see something in one of the panes you aren't currently inputting to that needs to be changed or expanded, and it will often be a great deal more useful to simply be able to click over to a spot and just start typing without things going crazy.
Regardless, this is useful as is, thank you. Just not optimal yet.


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Kim, Kourtney og Kendall in Barney's Beverly Hills
The sisters looking great in 70's style outfits. 70's style is hot this spring and summer with wide legged trousers, browns and prints.
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Lauren Conrad - Brunette
I love Lauren Conrad's sense of style. very laid back, boho and chic. I also like her new darker hair. She's rockin' a striped shirt and brown leather bag and shoes - some of spring's must haves.
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Kat Graham - colorful makeup
You might know Kat Graham from The Vampire Diaries. I think she is so beautiful and she dares to wear color and spice it up sometimes. Here's a few of her colorful makeup looks.
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Natural Beauty tip #3 Kiwi masks
Sure you know about useful qualities of kiwi, when we eat this fruit. But also kiwi is the wonderful cosmetologist! Vitamins and organic acids, containing in this fruit, are very useful for face skin.
Facial masks from kiwi have both tonic and therapeutic effects. They cleanse skin finely; make it more elastic, fresh and young.
Here you can find some easy recipes.
Kiwi mask for dry, worn and ill-nourished skin. You will need 1 tablespoon kiwi juice, 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 yolk of egg. Mix the ingredients and apply on the face. Leave it on for about 15 minutes. Remove the mask using a sponge. The kiwi juice will stimulate the blood circulation and the mask will smooth, nourish and calm the skin.
Kiwi mask for any type of skin. Take one kiwi fruit, 2 tablespoons plain yogurt, 1 tablespoon orange juice, 1 tablespoon almond oil, and 1 cup mashed carrots. Mix all the ingredients and make a fine paste. Apply it on the face and leave until it dries. Wash your face with cold water.
Cleansing mask. Knead one kiwi fruit and put it on the face. If mass pinches skin from time to time, it is ok. It means that mask works, because organic acids give salutary effect. Wash your face in 15 minutes. Then clean the face with any tonic and put your ordinary cream.
Strawberry and kiwi facial mask for all skin types. You'll need 5-6 strawberries, 1 kiwi fruit, peeled 1/2 cucumber. Using a food processor, blend all ingredients into a thin paste. If too runny, add a teaspoon of oatmeal until a paste forms that will stay on your skin without dripping off. To use, apply liberally to face and neck area. Gently massage to lightly exfoliate your skin. Leave on for 5-10 minutes, rinse well with warm water. Your skin will feel clean and fresh.
Nourishing mask. Knead a half a banana and 1 kiwi fruit and mix them carefully. Then add 2 tablespoons natural yoghurt. Put the mask on the face. Leave on for 15-20 minutes and then wash with warm water. Then clean the face with any lotion.
Kiwi cleanser for oily skin. This is a cooling, light facial cleanser suitable for oily skin. Make it as and when needed and use immediately for best results. You will need half a kiwi fruit, 15ml plain yoghurt, 5ml skimmed milk, 5ml clear honey, 5ml fine oatmeal, 1 drop petitgrain essential oil and 1 drop lavender essential oil. Place all ingredients in a blender and whiz until the mixture is smooth. Apply to face and neck with cotton pads. Massage in gently. Rinse and finish off with toner and moisturizer.
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Spring fashion 2011 - whites
White is one of springs it-colors. Pair it with silver or gold jewelry. You can wear just one white item or pair it with other whites. It's all up to you.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A stifling defensive effort and record-setting ground performance were the recipe for success, as the University of Arkansas football team (3-0) earned a 24-3 victory over Southern Miss inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium on Saturday.
With 115 yards and one touchdown on the day,&Alex Collins became the first freshman in Southeastern Conference history to record three straight 100-yard rushing games to begin his career. Collins also marked the first true freshman in the NCAA with more than two straight 100-yard rushing games since Oklahoma's Adrian Peterson in 2004.
"To get out of there with a 'W' and to play the fourth quarter the way we did was great," head coach Bret Bielema said. "This group, they just keep moving forward. It's a group that learns every day. If we just keep making baby steps, keep playing a fourth-quarter game and keep getting wins in the right column, we'll be alright."
Through the first three games of the season, Arkansas has outscored its opponents 21-0 in the fourth quarter. The Razorbacks have outgained the opposition 292-76 in the fourth quarter of games this season.
Collins and Jonathan Williams combined to rush for 231 yards and a pair of second-half touchdowns, as the Razorbacks made it three straight games with 100-plus yards rushing on the season. The feat marked the first time since 2007 that Arkansas had multiple 100-yard rushers in three straight games.
While the running game stole the show in the second half, it was the turnover-hawking Razorback defense that kept the game tight throughout the first half. Arkansas was opportunistic, with Trey Flowers and Will Hines each grabbing interceptions. Flowers' interception was the first of his career, while Hines recorded his first of the season.
Team captain Chris Smith aped a career-high 3.0 sacks on the day, while senior Jarrett Lake aped a career-high 13 tackles. In the first half alone, the Arkansas defense recorded two interceptions, two sacks, 3.0 tackles for loss and one forced fumble.
The Arkansas defense held Southern Miss to 254 yards of total offense, marking the first time since 2007 that the Razorbacks held the opposition to less than 300 yards of total offense in three consecutive games.
The Razorbacks started the scoring in the first quarter, as quarterback Brandon Allen scrambled in and scored from five yards out to give Arkansas a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter. Arkansas has scored a touchdown in the first quarter of each of its three games this season.
The teams traded field goals before Williams sparked an offensive resurgence in the third quarter with a 45-yard touchdown run that pushed Arkansas' lead to 17-3. Collins followed up with a score of his own in the fourth quarter, reaching the end zone on a 7-yard touchdown run and posting the 24-3 final score.
Arkansas prepares to take its first road trip of the season next weekend, heading to Piscataway, N.J., to face Rutgers on Sept. 21. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m.
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Zalman CNPS8000A CPU Cooler Review
Today we take a look at the Zalman CNPS8000A CPU cooler. True, OverclockersClub is known for its enthusiast class reviews that can exploit the boundaries of performance hardware available to all who want to push their overclocked computers to the max, but we still have to cater to the needs of the people out there that need specialty coolers for projects like SFF and HTPC case builds. So, for those select people we will take a look at this Zalman CNPS8000A, sitting on top of an i3 540 processor, because you really don't need an overclocked i7 pumping movies to your TV in an HTPC case. Zalman does state this cooler is compatible with the Intel 1156/1366/775 and AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2 series of processors.
Okay, how about a little discussion on air cooling. What do you want an air CPU cooler to do? You want it to remove as much heat as possible, as quickly as possible, from your CPU. Starting at the mating surfaces, you want your cooler and CPU to be as flat and void of imperfections as possible resulting in the greatest metal to metal contact obtainable. Imperfections even down to the microscopic level will affect the transfer of heat between the two surfaces. That is why TIM (thermal interface material) is required when mounting your cooler to fill any imperfections and give you better thermal conductivity between the two surfaces. If no TIM was used, air would be in the voids between the two surfaces and air is a very bad thermal conductor, hence higher temperatures would result.
Just for reference, air has a thermal conductivity of 0.025 W/(m-K) versus copper's thermal conductivity of 401 W/(m-K). Quite a difference between the two, so, the smoother and void-free the cooler's base is, the better the heat transfer between the mating surfaces will be. Now you have the heat generated by the CPU being efficiently transferred to the coolers base and in most cases into a heat-pipe array to be carried away from the base of the cooler.
But what are heat-pipes anyway? Heat-pipes are pipes that contain a liquid that uses evaporation to transfer the heat from the hot CPU to the coolers fins to be removed by the fan attached to the cooler and then condensation returns the liquid back to the CPU, either by gravity or wicking, to be heated again. Heat-pipes are a more efficient thermal transfer means than even solid copper, that's why it's become very common for heat-pipes to be used on all types of coolers today. This is very generalized and a lot of science goes into the design of modern coolers including the exact make-up of the metals used, fin thickness, fin density, fin angles, base thickness, base machining, heat-pipe diameter, etc., so you can see why two coolers that look very similar can produce very different results.
Okay, so back to the review now.
Closer Look:
The packaging of the Zalman CNPS8000A is a very attractively painted cardboard box with a clear plastic clamshell enclosing the cooler itself inside. The front states "High Performance Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler" and the compatibility information; Intel 1156/1366/775 and AMD AM3/AM2+/AM2 compatible. The side of the box lists the specifications of the cooler and the back once again shows the compatibility information and goes through the features of the cooler.
The cooler comes with the necessary mounting hardware to work with its compatible sockets and also includes a fan controller so you can adjust the fan speed to your needs of performance and volume. The backing plate provides added insurance so that your motherboard won't flex when installing the Zalman CNPS8000A cooler. You also get Zalman's high performance thermal grease ZM-STG2M included with the cooler, and that is what was used for our testing of this cooler, all other coolers used their default thermal grease.


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On your HUD, you'll see a destination that you're supposed to drive there. The drive over is uneventful enough, with some conversation back and forth between the two old friends. But you know this isn't going to be a mission of "fun", and your instincts will be proven right once you get to your destination. Some Russians wielding automatic weapons will drive up in a speed boat of their own, and they'll open fire on you. Naturally, Niko isn't going to let that slide, and once you regain control of your boat after this cutscene ensues, you'll have to give chase.
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Texas state legislators will face the daunting issues of water, school finance and taxes as they convene January 11 in Austin.
School finance, hotly debated for the past two years but with no resolution, offers the biggest challenge, say representatives David Swinford, a member of the select committee for school finance, and Rick Hardcastle, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Both were on hand at the recent Texas Commodity Symposium, held in conjunction with the Amarillo Farm and Ranch Show, to update Texas High Plains farmers on likely legislative activity.
"With any other issue, we face an up or down vote," Hardcastle says. "But with school finance, we face multiple challenges. We have to look at reforms, finance, tax reductions and income. And if any one area has problems that need addressed and we make a reform that affects all other areas. We'll always have school reform issues."
The complexity of school finance reform, he says, demands a "lot of negotiations. For instance, we'll consider a sales tax and a business tax as possible means of increasing income. No one tax will work. We also know that not all schools need all the reforms. That's where we'll start and we'll negotiate from there."
Swinford says several specific problems face legislators as they tackle an issue that has defied resolution during the last regular session and special sessions since.
Increasing property taxes will not be an option for increased funding. He also says schools have an adequacy problem. "We have to consider unequal systems," he says. "For instance, schools of the same size but one with a 90 percent Anglo population and the other with a 40 percent Hispanic population (where English may be a second language) may have different needs. Each school must be funded adequately to allow students to pass testing requirements."
He says funding based on school population also poses problems. "Some school districts can raise taxes by 1 cent and increase funding significantly. Others can raise taxes by $1 and raise little. Our constitution requires equal and adequate education."
Swinford says school funding is similar to running a school bus. "If a bus transports five students instead of 50, the cost is the same. The same goes for a classroom. If the class includes 20 students or five, the cost for the teacher is the same. We need to figure the cost of education for one child."
Swinford says rural residents have a right to have a school in their communities versus transporting children 50 miles.
"This will be a fight," he says.
"But we all agree on one thing," Hardcastle says. "We have a good school system and we have the opportunity to make it better. It needs changes; it needs (to be) tweaked, but the one thing we all agree on is that if we can't make it better, we should just quit and go home. Everyone has a different idea of how to make it better."
And then come the water bills.
Hardcastle says legislators likely will file from 20 to 40 bills dealing with some aspect of water use.
He predicts historic use and the rule of capture will generate serious debate. "Agriculture uses more water than any other entity in the state, including municipalities, so we have the most to lose."
Rural Texas also has less representation than metropolitan areas. Rural Texas controls 70 percent of the state's land but urban areas have 70 percent of the population. Hardcastle says only three members make a living from agricultural interests, although many have some ties to farm or ranch endeavors. And 37 of 120 members live in rural counties.
But even with what appears to be an imbalance rural Texas retains a strong voice, Hardcastle says.
"We have 73 members who represent some rural interests and agriculture accounts for 10 percent of the state's gross product. No other industry can make that claim, so agriculture is important."
Rural communities may need a good chunk of that clout as the legislature wrestles with how issues such as inter-basin transfer will affect them. "Inter-basin transfer will stimulate a major discussion," Hardcastle says. "Allow it or not?"
He says the issue has been placed into the hands of water conservation districts in much of the state. "But about as many people don't like water districts as are adamant about keeping them. Some water marketers see water districts as a way to help sell water.
"We have to figure out ways to protect rural water rights while meeting long-term plans for the state's water resources," he says. "Growth of the state population requires that we manage water. Inter-basin transfer will be necessary to supply cities."
He says rule of capture, a long-held principle of Texas water law, likely will be up for debate. "That's always going to come up," he says. "The court has upheld rule of capture but it is still not part of the state constitution. If the legislature had made it constitutional 10 or 15 years ago, it probably would not be an issue, but they did not, so folks can go after it."
Other ag issues also face legislators.
"We have budget concerns," Hardcastle says. "Extension and research funding is important. We have to fund those. Also, the animal health commission must conduct BSE testing (along with other disease and health-related inspections) and that's a $2.5 million budget item. That doesn't sound like much, but small items add up."
Tax incentives also may emerge. One way to fund budget shortfalls, Hardcastle says, is the do away with special incentives.
"The easiest way to pass school finance reform may be to just do away will all exemptions. But some of the biggest exemptions occur in agriculture and we have to keep those to keep land values up."
Just about any one of the estimated 5,000 bills that will be offered in the legislature has potential to affect agriculture and rural Texas, Hardcastle says. "So watch what goes on in Austin."
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PHP Address Book 8.2.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
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We live in a world that has become increasingly complex and full of choice. Most people have multiple bank accounts to manage. I am constantly running into people who invest in things they don't understand. Most people spend more than they make on things they don't really need. Multiple credit cards, multiple properties and myriad passwords have all made our finances often too complex to handle.
After 21 years in the financial industry, I have become increasingly passionate about the belief that less is more and simplification is one of the keys to relieving money stress. Here are a few tips on how to simplify your finances.
I recently met a 72-year-old couple with nine bank accounts - chequing; savings; a joint account, a car account, a vacation account, a grandchildren's account, a Christmas savings account and yes, even an "I don't want my spouse to know about it" account.
More accounts means more statements, more passwords and more effort to track everything.
My wife and I only have one high-interest chequing account that pays us 1.55 per cent interest. At that rate, we don't need any other bank accounts. We have a chequebook and a debit card and we do not pay monthly service fees.
In the new world, if you are already engaging in online or telephone banking, you may want to check out these high interest accounts as a means to simplify your banking and turn it into a profit centre. Banks such as ING Direct, President's Choice Financial and Manulife Bank are great examples of institutions who are offering bank accounts that work more in your favour.
Another couple I talked to recently had balances on four credit cards, two lines of credit and a car loan. Managing payments on these debts became increasingly frustrating for them. Consolidating that debt may be a good strategy to regain sanity.
Consolidating debts means combining all debts into one, hopefully with lower interest. The tool most commonly used to consolidate debt is a line of credit. In the example above, the couple went to the bank and wrapped the four credit cards and the two lines of credit together into one bigger line of credit. Now they make one payment instead of six and can focus on debt reduction.
The key to consolidation is to cut up the credit cards and get to the root of what created the problem in the first place - overspending. It does no good to consolidate and then rack up the credit cards again.
Most people have no clue how much they spend in a given month. Part of this is because they use multiple forms of payment. Sometimes they use cash; sometimes debit; sometimes Visa, MasterCard or store credit cards. The only way they will know how much they spend is if they spend time in the month tracking spending or pulling all the data together on a spreadsheet. Let's be honest ... most people are not wired this way and can think of a lot of things they would rather do than spend an hour or two budgeting and tracking expenses.
My wife and I use one credit card for everything. This makes it easy to know how much we spend and where we spend it. Our monthly statement tells us how much we spend and MasterCard has some online tools that break our spending down into key categories.
Not paying off your credit cards every month can be very dangerous. Instead, running all spending out of one bank account or even just using cash is preferred. The key is to use fewer forms of payments to make tracking and record keeping easier.
When it comes to investing, we've all heard about the golden rule of diversification. We've all heard about the risks of putting all your eggs in one basket and why diversification is so important. For some people diversification has gone too far. They use not only multiple investments, but also multiple advisers and multiple institutions.
I once met someone with three different advisers at three different financial institutions. As a result, he had over 100 different investments including stocks, bonds and mutual funds. Although some might say he is well diversified, I would argue that he was over diversified and many of the different investments in his portfolio were redundant.
Over the years, the investment industry has become increasingly complicated. Even in my own portfolio I have moved toward consolidation and simplification for easier management, and I love it.
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Ripface Invasion - "To Not Give In"
The song "To Not Give In" was written about how technology has become the best tool/weapon in modern society. Whether it's the common man using a computer to calculate, research, or create in his everyday life, or it's government or military that uses it for warfare. The possibilities to gain information and knowledge seem to be endless. You do not have to compromise to a lesser understanding of really anything. The ways of being forced into ignorance, because of lack of information is all gone. This song celebrates that fact.
"To Not Give In" depicts the band performing the song in what seems to be a bomb shelter. Ripface Invasion's artwork and imagery revolves around the character "Ripface" that the band has created. You can see some live action shots of Ripface in the band's first video from 2011 for the song "The Last One on Earth", which you will also see in this video. Ripface is in a post-apocalyptic seeming setting. Although his story has not yet been completely told, it is understood through the imagery that devastation has taken place on a colossal scale. He has survived, and he is not the only one. It appears that the world outside is in total anarchy. Ripface is unaware of who or what the good guys or bad guys are, and what has actually happened. The grid seems to be undamaged in his vicinity. He is reaching out through his computer system for any information and/or communication to help lead him to know what is going on.
About The Band:
Ripface Invasion is a coalition of veteran musicians from the New Jersey punk/hardcore/metal scene from over the past 20 years. Ripface Invasion takes on a late eighties early nineties New York hardcore sound. They draw influence from bands like Earth Crisis,Leeway, the Cro-Mags, and Sick of it All. They blend it with hints of late 80's thrash metal, and mid nineties New Jersey beat down styled hardcore. Also, they throw in some punk rock influence from bands like The Misfits and The Ramones. The result is a well rounded original sound, that defies genres and creates it own style of hardcore, that sounds like no other band out there. It's brutal, fast, and full of energy. The experience and passion of its members is obvious, and comes through loud and clear when they take the stage and perform live.
Ripface Invasion was formed in December of 2010 by vocalist Anthony (Red) Paladino, who is a native of Fairview, NJ. Red is the founder and an active member of the Earache Records 1997 new chapter recording artist IDK, since their creation in 1990. The rest of the Ripface Invasion line up consists of original E-town Concrete guitarist Ken Pescatore. He performed and wrote the music on E-Town Concrete's first two albums on Resurrection AD Records. He is also the founding member of Arson, a metal outfit that signed to Resurrection AD Records. The bass guitar duties are held by Tom Conti, who has played along side Red in IDK since 1995. Ripface's drum basher is Dan Lockhart, who is a longtime veteran hardcore drummer. He has played in acts such as One 4 One and A Moment's Peace. Finally, on second guitar is Ant Lefty. He has followed all of the above bands and grew up through the Staten Island, NY hardcore scene.
Ripface Invasion's thrashy punk hardcore crossover style is influenced by many bands. The Misfits, The Ramones, Sick of it All, Agnostic Front, Leeway, Metallica, Anthrax, S.O.D, and Slayer to name a few. Red is the lead vocalist for the band. He is also the primary song writer. He draws from a variety of styles and influences to create song lyrics. Red uses his personal views on societal culture, as heard in "God Fearing Mutants" and "Armchair Politician". He then takes from the insanity of thriller movies, like in "Horrortech", which was inspired by the movie The Collector. In other songs Red draws from his imagination, like in "The Last One on Earth" and "The Dominator". These songs tell the story of a man, who woke up one day to find that no one appeared to be left alive except for himself. The story continues that the man is terrified he is all alone, but shortly thereafter he has an epiphany. He becomes ecstatic that he now holds all the power. This is where "The Dominator "takes over in story.
Ripface Invasion's discography features a 7" vinyl single for their song The Last One on Earth, and their self-titled debut EP, which was released (CD and digital) on July 5, 2011, on IDK music LLC records. The EP featured a number of cameos by some of New Jersey's and New York's punk and hardcore scene mainstays from over the last 20 years. Some of these players include Rey Fonseca from Agents of Man/Maximum Penalty/One4One, Ron Taylor from Backlash, and Fabio Amato and Mike Nappi from IDK.
Ripface Invasion's debut EP received rave reviews from publications, such as The Aquarian Weekly and The Jersey Beat. The EP also reached a respective underground standing with a great review from Stereokiller.com. Further, Ripface Invasion has made a big mark on college radio and on you tube. Ripface Invasion filmed and released a full feature music video for their song "The Last One on Earth". "The Last One on Earth" became a hit on college radio stations, most notably on 89.5 FM WSOU out of NJ. "The Last One on Earth" also became one of the most requested songs on the 89.5 WSOU's street patrol show. Because of this, Ripface Invasion received L/cut status. "The Last One on Earth" was received so well that the song was put into regular rotation, along side all of the major label hard rock/heavy metal acts played on the station.
Ripface Invasion caught the attention of Scorpion records owner Scott Yarmula with their first record in early 2012. Scott reached out to the band to find out their goals and interests, which led to Ripface Invasion signing onto Scorpion records. 'To Not Give In' is a 3 song EP which was released worldwide on July 17, 2012 on Scorpion Records. Ripface Invasion plans to tour in support of both their records this fall and then settle down and record another record, which is to be released in 2013.
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Abu Dhabi: How a Partnership Came Together
By John Crawford
Many people helped hammer out Babson's partnership to create the Abu Dhabi School of Management in the United Arab Emirates, but the process began with something simple: a conversation.
The setting was Cairo. Cheryl Kiser, back in February 2010, was taking part in a Babson-led listening session in advance of the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship to be held a couple of months later. Sitting at a reception, the Lewis Institute's managing director found herself next to Magdi Hafez, president of the United Arab Emirates' UAE Academy. He had a request: "I want to know more about Babson."
So Kiser, who's also the Social Innovation Lab's executive director, told him about the College. Hafez was impressed. In fact, he was so impressed that shortly thereafter he made a decision. The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, of which the academy is a subsidiary, needed a partner to help create a new business school, and Hafez now realized who that partner should be. "Babson is the place I want to be," he said.
With an agreement signed in May, Babson now is assisting in the establishment and operation of the Abu Dhabi School of Management, which will focus on entrepreneurship. Babson will formulate a curriculum and train the new school's faculty, advise on the development of support services and infrastructure, and provide managerial supervision for the school and its operations.
While other schools such as Yale and New York University have built or are planning branch campuses, Babson won't be doing that in Abu Dhabi. Why? More flexibility, says Shahid Ansari, provost and dean of faculty. Any branch would be forced to deal with Babson's established way of doing things. Better to start with a clean slate. "It's a place to experiment and push the state of the art," Ansari says.
Of course, making this partnership a reality involved more than just that one initial conversation. From beginning to end, the deal took about two months, says Ansari, who, during the tail end of that process, flew out to Abu Dhabi for three days to iron out the final details. The new institution now becomes part of Babson's growing global initiatives. It also shows what can result from just two people talking and connecting. "I believe everything starts with a relationship, and I never underestimate the power of a good conversation," Kiser says.
The new school is a founding member of the Global Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education, which shares the College's expertise in entrepreneurship education with a worldwide network of similarly minded academic institutions. The consortium, in turn, comes under the umbrella of Babson Global, a 501(c)(3) corporation that the College set up to handle its various worldwide initiatives, which will bring revenue, new learning, and a higher international profile to Babson.


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Stolen purse, theft at Kmart, reckless driving
6:24 a.m. – Under the influence of a controlled substance. Incident location was 114 Oak St. Arrest made.
8:19 a.m. – Animal control. Incident location was 315 San Emidio St. Animal pickup. Impound 1.
9:48 a.m. –Animal control. Incident location was Center and Tenth. Unable to locate.
11:26 a.m. – Trespassing Incident location was 730 Lucard. Unfounded.
2:16 p.m. – Theft. Make, black sweater red backpack. Incident location was Kmart, 301 Gardner Field Road.
3:24 p.m. – Reckless driving. Incident location was 716 South Tenth St. White soft top, older cadillac or El Dorado, white in color, young male with shaved head. Completed. No further action.
5:18 p.m. – Disturbing the peace, 218 E. Warren. Verbal dispute. No action taken.
6:23 p.m. – Public intoxication. Hat, plaid, Incident location was 215 Center St. Arrest made.
6:31 p.m. – Lost property. Victim left purse in cart and went back it was gone. Incident location was 521 Finley Drive Sav A Lot. Report taken.
9:18 p.m. – Domestic violence. Officer responded to lobby of Taft Police Department regarding a report of domestic violence. Report taken and probable cause to arrest issued.
9:36 p.m. – Checks OK. Vehicle was moved. Completed.
9:58 p.m. – Bicycle theft. Incident location was 407 Finley Drive, Hot Stone Pizza. Report taken.
11:34 a.m. – Suspicious circumstances. Officer responded to Veterans Park at 209 East Kern regarding suspicious circumstances. Area checks OK. Completed.
Shawn Lee Evans under the influence of a controlled substance.
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