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So Rihanna has another new album out imminently with Chris Brown on it
There's a review of it here:
I've struggled to know if I want to get it myself, which is odd as obviously it's none of my business what they do with their lives. But I dunno... I found 'Loud' a hard album to review because it felt like there was a bunch of songs on here that seemed to be saying 'I still love you Chris and I quite like it rough' and a bunch that were saying 'You fucker, how could you do that?'
I don't truly know enough about her process to work out if that's an artistic decision Rihanna took, the culmination of having some songs written for her (and therefore being more generic) or because they're the lyrics she wrote. She's certainly credited with being involved on most of her output more these days.
It seems now that maybe 'Rated R' was the sound of a depressed girl in a bad state, 'Loud' was coming to terms with her confusion of the aftermath and this release might be her trying to say 'I'm back with him, sorry world'. 'Talk that talk' I can't quite place in the grand scheme of things.
Long and rambling, but yeah. My point is that this is a pretty fascinating album arc for an artist and I don't know how I feel about it all. We could be witnessing a still young girl basically documenting an abusive relationship and totally unaware of the effect it's having on her.
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We can talk about the music once it's out too, though I suspect it'll be much like the last 2 sadly (a decent single, 2 generic crap ones, a bunch of interesting album tracks but nowhere near as godo as 'Good girl gone bad' or 'Rated R').
I stopped pretending to know or care about these two
a while back. She can do what/who she likes, he's obv a douce of the highest order but who cares. As long as she keeps cranking out the jams of course.
Diamonds is the absolute worst song, though.
It's the worst single I think she's ever put out
I said that about Russian Roulette too initialy, and was very wrong, but this new one is just balls.
I think Diamonds is great
I've had that and Skyfall on repeat for a while now. Each one sounds like a very popular artist taking a victory lap in a classy fashion.
I think we all know that hitting women is bad...
but if in this instance these two people have managed to put whatever happened behind them, i don't see why the general public can't.
People don't have to like the guy, or buy his records, but they could at least stop constantly bringing up an episode from his past that both he and the other person directly involved in seemt o have got past.
Doing this isn't condoning what he did, and he doesn't owe anyone else an apology for his actions, however appalling or unecessary they might've been.
the problem is that he has 100& got away with it.
People who lay a finger on a woman shouldn't be able to sustain his level of fame or public acceptance and certainly not make a shed tonne of cash of the exposure.
As for someone taking an abusive partner back history has a long record of showing this to generally be a pretty stupid move.Cementimental this'd this
It would obviously be much easier for everyone to stop bringing the episode up
if he didn't appear on her albums and she didn't allude to it so much (I'm taking Vamos at his word here as I haven't listened to the last album*). i'm not saying she shouldn't do these things, but if she does obviously people will, rightly or wrongly, continue to talk about it.
*any of her albums
easily her worst album
shame because it starts kinda promising, like it's going to be a really gritty dark sounding album, but quickly falls apart into wub wub and ballads.
probably like about two songs total from this, not good.
sorry no
i'm naughty like that
The single with Chris Brown
is being streamed in most places now. She's an idiot for having him back but meh. She'll learn the hard way innit.
- georgiabeth, littlebirds, and whatisthewhat this'd this
Yeah you're right.
He wont punch her again.sexydave and petesfingers this'd this
I think
this is my favourite recent DiS quote.
But it's hard to tell. Because mostly people talk about people I'm not cool enough or pop acts that I'm too cool to like.sexydave this'd this
I hate the internet
when I'm drunk.
some of you really need to just shut the fuck up already
isn't there a guardian comment section you could be using for this shit
Bastard he may be
but it's nobody's business but their own.
Even if she ends up dead ( Like the majority of these domestic abuse cases end up).
And if you assume that their young fans aren't using them as role modelas for their future relationships.amyblue this'd this
The other half heard
two young girls talking about it on the bus a while back. They decided "she must have deserved it".
woooooooooah there.
The majority of people who suffer domestic abuse end up dead?
Quite a statement.
I'm sure you've got some sort of questionable research to back that up, though, so it's fine.littlebirds and furio this'd this
majority of cases where she takes him back generally ends up with the lady dead. Guys like that never learn if they get away with it.
As evidence, i give you numerous cop shows and that episode of breaking bad with Mike.
the vast majority of people end up dead
Guns don't kill people. Chris Brown does ( as long as they are female and smaller than him)
That's obviously not true because their lives are lived in public
The assault was public, she is now making her acceptance of the assaulter a prominent part of her music. What she does and says has a clear influence on thousands, perhaps millions, of fans most of whom are young girls just starting to have relationships themselves.
In the circumstances I think we are entitled to comment.
By taking the vicious thug back into her life she makes it that much more difficult for the world as a whole to understand the absolute 100% unacceptability of domestic violence. I find it hard to hear the music over the sound of my stomach turning.Antelope this'd this
Just blame KiK
and his "hey guys I have an alternative opinion on all this controversy" schtick.
She needs to go away for a bit and come back with something good.
I loved Loud, but Talk That Talk and Unapologetic both sound so heinously rushed. It feels like she's just constantly cranking out new material without putting any great amount of care or effort into it. If she fucked off for about three or four years and took her time, she'd probably come back with an absolutely AMAZING album again.vamos this'd this
Surely she must also be knackered
Been reading this 777 tour blog thing over on Popjustice and it's just relentless. THAT'S WHAT EVERY DAY IS LIKE FOR HER.
beyonce had the right idea when she took a year off for four
since rated r rihanna has had an absolutely relentless schedule.
i've been thinking about ri ri turning in an album a year recently, it seems that if she and roc are interested in collaborating with seemingly relevant artists (chase and status, calvin harris, nicki minaj, knife party) then theres a push to release it quick and stay current. also it keeps the fans happy.
She's become more of a singles artist anyway.
The album just seems like an afterthought for her at this point. Fair enough. I just haven't really been into the new singles so...
to me i remember thinking that rated r was really rounded
the last two haven't been like that at all. haven't heard unapologetic yet
I think her and her team lost interest in the album format
after Rated R. Rated R was ok to me, I dont think she has released a truly great album, but that shouldnt really be how we judge her imo.
I think Loud is getting a bad rep here.
At least half of the tunes on it are total bangers.
It's enough though, isn't it?
How many albums spawn 5 amazing singles? Even the other tracks range from decent to very good.
I dunno, I like Whats My Name and Cheers and Man Down. Thats about it though.vamos this'd this
I'm not a Rihanna fan so I've not heard it
but in my view no album is good unless it's all good. It can have some great songs on it but unless you've put out an album where every track is decent to amazing you can't really be said to have made a good album.
So half an album isn't enough. Particularly at a time when MP3 purchasing allows you to only purchase the bits of an album you like and ignore the rest.
Chris Browns new album
is going to be called 'Pukka Pad'Ichor this'd this
Pucka Pies a revocal of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA0I1V3HeYk
Fuck off, everyone
isn't this whole shit with her and chris brown
just to get you talking about her and chris brown? I wouldn't take it so seriously....or think about it....for a second
It's like I said before...
"that" was the best career move ever!
yeah they planned it together with Dubya and the Illuminati to promote album sales
keep the black man down and wage oil wars in the middle east. It's pretty obvious once you join the dots really, Chris Brown's tattoo was what inched it for me
smart ass
Actually her publicist should be getting paid crazy dollars.
She's a slightly more interesting than average pop star
Bit over-rated by some on here. She's had one good hit (Umbrella), a couple of middling ones but she's too ubiquitous to maintain any kind of quality. Her voice sounds a bit robotic and cold to me which is fine for electro-ey stuff like SOS but makes the ballads horrible and whiney. I think it's clear she is idolised by a lot of young fans, it's not necessarily a bad thing them being exposed to those kind of things but she does seem to have taken her validation of it a bit too far. I guess I would listen to any duets out of morbid curiosity though.
Hi can I derail the thread and naively ask for seven or eight MEGAHITS by Rhianna that you would seriously recommend
Seriously, I've had my head under a rock when it comes to pop for about five years now, I want to see what all the fuss is about with this young lady.
PS no balladscrashingthrough this'd this
Would be interested by this too. Caught her performance at Hackney on the Beeb and nothing stood out particularly
there was that one
featuring drake where the drake verse was appalling but the rest of the song was quite good, that was her best song, but that's about it.
I think there was a thread recently with a million variations of what her best of would be
The point is that when she's bad she's fucking awful but when she's good she's in-fucking-credible
I'm trying to make this thread go away
Though whilst here, I'd say Umbrella, Rude boy, Breaking dishes, SOS, Cake, Hard, some others...
I saw her last night at The Forum. It was great. Man down and Unfaithful were immense and Diamonds sounded really good. Hearing Umbrella sung live was special too.
Watch N Learn
Where have you been
Whats my name
Rude Boy
but then again I really really liked talk that talk.
I was waiting for more so I could actually ascertain what was generally thought to be good
and what was just one crazy person's suggestion.
Rude Boy
What's My Name?
We Found Love
Don't Stop The Music
Only Girl (In The World)
9 that i'd say are massive from the past several years:
what's my name ft. drake
only girl (in the world)
we found love ft. calvin harris
please don't stop the music
my favourites:
pon de replay
if it's lovin that you want
wait your turn
man down
you da one
shut up and drive
ballads/slower ones (her best)
we ride
hate that i love you w/ne-yo
take a bow
russian roulette
te amo
obvious ones i haven't included because they're too many: s&m, diamonds, cheers (drink to that), where have you been...
first two albums are genius, but you were all being far too indie and up your own arses to realise, because pop has only became properly hip the past four years or so
Music of the Sun is wank gb
sorry... and come to think of it I borrowed it the tweeist indie kid at my school. It might've been the only pop act he liked at the time haha ;-D
- stanstubbs this'd this
Here's the sultry opening line
Before the beat begins in time
Something saucy, awful rhymes
Little bit naughty, first verse is fine
And now we go to the chorus
And now we go to THE chorus
And now we go to the chorus
And now we go to THE CHORUS
And now we go to the chorus
Repeat ad infinitum
- georgiabeth this'd this
Also, seeing her on stage antics last night and reading the blogs about the tour this week
She came across as pretty odious and a far cry from the seemingly fun, younger version of herself making music 3 years back when she seemingly had more control of it's direction.
The opening half of the set was highly sexualised but ultimately as sexy as Eyes Wide Shut and it was so sponsor heavy and by-the-book that it left a weird taste in the mouth. I left very happy to have seen a bunch of my favourite songs of the past five years played in a tiny venue but also felt like I could almost have watched a robot do the same show.
Uber-corporate pop star puts on uber-corporate gig
Vamos is confused
I'm not confused
I get tie ins. I get advertising. I get product placement. Trust me, I understand all this as I work in branding.
But usually these things are just in the background and try to earn some kudos by association, which you can sorta tell by the artists' slight awkwardness at plugging the brand in question. Last night, Rihanna seemed more in thrall of the brands than she was the crowd or music and they weighed far too heavy on proceedings.
Good girl gone bad has a couple of songs on there with innuendo in.
Last night she massaged her groin in every song, shoved a microphone between her legs several time, played 'Cockiness' in front of a giant pair of lips saying 'I love it when you eat it', chose the 'Oooh I wanna fuck you right now' line of 'Cake' to really belt out, had VT images behind her of people seemingly masturbating in an x-ray machine, various quick flashes of pubic hair and flashes of bondage in S&M.
Admittedly her outfit wasn't too raunchy but material wise, not sure how it could get any more explicit?


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As a deeply reviled and controversial figure in history, the aristocrat and writer Marquis de Sade fascinated, repelled, and tested the limits of 18th century French decency. But was the man a myth or a monster? On Thursday, April 24, the University of Rochester's International Theatre Program presents the rarely performed Madame de Sade, a work that explores complex and deeply disquieting questions about the nature of suffering and belief.
"What's particularly fascinating about the play is that de Sade is seen exclusively through the eyes of womenspecifically his wife, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law," remarks Nigel Maister, the production's director and the Russell and Ruth Peck Artistic Director of the International Theatre Program. "The playwright dwells not on de Sade's debauchery, but rather on his work's philosophical ramifications."
Written by Yukio Mishima, Madame de Sade examines themes of sexuality, death, and political change that controversial actor writer and novelist embraced in both his personal life and body of work. As one of the most celebrated and prolific post-war Japanese writers, Mishima was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in 1970 at the age of 45 in a public ritual suicide after a failed attempt to inspire a coup d'état.
The play is based on the life of Donatien Alphonse Francois the Marquis de Sade who was incarcerated for most of his adult life due to his sexual activities and assorted deviations from the perceived sexual norm. Kept on the defensive by his mother-in-law, who worked tirelessly to keep him behind bars to protect both her daughter and family, de Sade took to writing novels, pamphlets, political tracts, and playseach more scandalous, sexually explicit, and violent than the next. His body of work was rediscovered in the early 20th century (it had beenand in many places continues to besubject to banning and censure.)
Madame de Sade is directed by Maister, who has led the International Theatre Program since 2002. Born in South Africa, he has trained as an actor and director and has a master of fine arts from Carnegie Mellon University. Maister is the recipient of numerous awards and a founding member and resident theater director of the music group Alarm Will Sound. His work has been seen at the Lincoln Center Festival, Carnegie Hall, NY's River to River Festival, and the Holland Festival. His newest work is set to premiere at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in summer 2014.
Set design is by Marsha Ginsberg, whose award-winning work specializes in new plays and opera. Her previous Rochester credits include The Puzzle Locker, The Lower Depths, Featuring Loretta, and Adding Machine: a musical. Costume design is by Tilly Grimes, co-artistic director of the theater company SavageCharm. Her previous Rochester credits include The Rochester Plays and Cinderella. Lighting is designed by Thomas Dunn, whose previous Todd Theater productions include The Illusion, The Hairy Dutchman, King Lear, and Killer Joe. Sound design and original music is by Obadiah Eaves, whose work has been seen on- and off-Broadway in works by David Mamet, Woody Allen, Eric Bogosian, Ethan Coen, and Suzan-Lori Parks.
Madame de Sade runs Thursday, April 24 through Saturday, April 26, and Wednesday, April 30 through Saturday, May 3. All shows begin at 8 p.m., except for a matinée performance on Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. and a performance on Saturday, May 3 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $7 for UR students; $10 for UR alumni, faculty and staff, and for seniors (55+); and $13 for the general public. All performances take place in Todd Theater, located in the Todd Union building on the River Campus. Tickets can be purchased online at www.rochester.edu/theatre, or by calling 585.275.4088. Tickets may also be purchased up to an hour before each performance at the box office.

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EPICGEAR Meduza Mouse and Pad Review
Most of you know GeIL for its years of producing memory. Since 1993, this is what the company has done. However, GeIL has recently joined the gaming accessory market with the launch of Epic Gear. Epic Gear, or EG for short, is starting its launch of gaming-focused equipment with the Meduza, a hybrid, dual sensor mouse. It's the world's first Hybrid Dual Sensor Technology (HDST) gaming mouse. Rather than just having one sensor, the Meduza is equipped with both a laser and optical sensor, combining the best of both worlds. Today we take a look at how the Meduza will be starting off the EG line-up, along with its special hybrid pad.
Closer Look:
The Meduza mouse comes in your typical clear plastic shell with boxing material around it, to both give you a look at the mouse itself, as well as advertise its key features in some fancy ink. The box is is black with what tricks the mind to be either red or extreme orange. The insides of the box go to further confirm the extreme orange color, but for some reason I honestly thought it was red and black.
The back of the package lists its features and shows off the two sensors with a little peep hole to the mouse inside. The back of the box also shows you four angles of the mouse. One picture shows off the extended rest for the thumb, another shows the index finger rest, and another the ring finger support and pinkie grip. The fourth image is an isometric of the entire mouse, lit up. It's looking to be a rather comfortable mouse.
The hybrid mouse pad, designed for maximum performance of the dual sensors, comes rolled up in a cardboard box. There is a little hole cut in the edge that allows you to touch the pad to see what it feels like. This is a nice opportunity to test out what you are buying off the shelf at your local computer hardware shop, but just remember, you probably want the one on the back of the rack that everyone hasn't touched!
The box rotates around to reveal some features of the pad, as well as a standard UPC code. It's a typical hang box for stores to hang, but definitely one that draws you to it to see what it is. The box is mostly black and red and features the EG logo with a sort of vault-looking style.


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All In The Family...
The major event of this day was surgery on Dennis's broken arm. We spent the first part of the day waiting to go to surgery, then I waited about six hours for him to come out of surgery and the recovery room, and finally I saw him back in his room again. He is still in Intensive Care.
The orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Beel, said that the surgery went well. They put two titanium plates in Dennis's arm, one for each broken bone. If there are no complications, he should regain full use of it in about three months.
Dennis told me (and later told Keely also) that he thought he tried to leave after the surgery, so I think that might be why they kept him in the recovery room so long. They probably had to restrain him.
Keely came home this evening and will be here for the weekend. Her boyfriend Taurus came with her, and I was glad he did because I know she was a bit agitated.
Pastor Redmann has come to visit and pray for Dennis several times, and we appreciate his support. I hope I have telephoned all the family members that I should.
I guess Dennis is doing as well as can be expected. Last night after I left, they decided that he was not breathing deeply enough (due to the fractured ribs) so they started giving him oxygen. They also thought his blood pressure was staying a bit too low, so they put some leg wraps on him that squeeze the blood back up and help keep his blood pressure up.
Today he was in a lot of pain. I hope that he won't hurt quite as much tomorrow, now that the bones are set and splinted in his arm. The orthopedic surgeon said that he thought Dennis might be able to come home on Monday, but the other surgeon who is in charge of the spleen will have the final say on it.
When I got home last night, I got out the automobile insurance policy and read it. It does provide coverage for hit and run drivers, so hopefully they will pick up the charges that the medical insurance doesn't cover. I called today and made an accident report, and a claims adjuster is supposed to get in touch with me.
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Health Care and the Easter Celebration
Regardless of your reason to participate in church activities, special pageants or concerts full of music and drama, relaxing with family members with big dinners and lots of fun activities, or spending time in quiet contemplation, don�t miss the real focus of the Holiday. God performed a miracle on that first Easter Sunday by raising Jesus from the dead. Here is the account of the resurrection according to the Gospel of John, Chapter 20 (NIV) in the New Testament Bible:
The Empty Tomb:
20: 1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, �They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don�t know where they have put him!�
3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4 Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around Jesus� head. The cloth was still lying in its place, separate from the linen. 8 Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. 9 (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.) 10 Then the disciples went back to where they were staying.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene:
11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus� body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. 13 They asked her, �Woman, why are you crying?� �They have taken my Lord away,� she said, �and I don�t know where they have put him.� 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
15 He asked her, �Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?� Thinking he was the gardener, she said, �Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.� 16 Jesus said to her, �Mary.� She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, �Rabboni!� (which means �Teacher�).
17 Jesus said, �Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, �I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.�� 18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: �I have seen the Lord!� And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Jesus Appears to His Disciples:
19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, �Peace be with you!� 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
21 Again Jesus said, �Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.� 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, �Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive anyone�s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.�
24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, �We have seen the Lord!� But he said to them, �Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.�
26 A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, �Peace be with you!� 27 Then he said to Thomas, �Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.� 28 Thomas said to him, �My Lord and my God!� 29 Then Jesus told him, �Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.�
30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
On this holy day, celebrate the risen Christ. He is the One who provides health, healing, and eternal life. Just think if you were to live your entire life, and miss the reason you were created. Enjoy Easter, and celebrate. Don�t miss it.
Until next time.
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One day, while perusing the magazine section of a supermarket in Oudorp, I came across a Linux magazine carrying a disk with Mandrake Linux on it. I don't exactly recall which version, but I believe it came with KDE 2.x. Having heard of Linux before, I decided to just give it a go - it's been pretty much downhill from there.
Those years were, to me at least, the golden years of digital experimentation. Even though the BeOS was already on its last legs, the sense of excitement about alternative operating systems was still very much palpable. During this time, several projects managed to squeeze their way into my heart - like BeOS (really?), QNX, KDE 3.x, and, yes, Enlightenment.
Enlightenment was the odd one out. Where both KDE and GNOME tried to build a desktop environment for the masses - in which they succeeded, in my view, only to throw their respective babies out with the bath waters - Enlightenment did its own thing. It was different from the rest, focussing on extreme customisability and copious amounts of digital glitter, and all this in a time before Quartz and Compiz.
Enlightenment, in its first 0.1 release in 1997, started out as a 'mere' window manager with narrowly defined goal of addressing the issue that "[every window manager] was gray bevels and UIs had to be plain to be functional or useful, and that computers/X11 were not capable of more". It sure was capable of more - so much so, in fact, that E16 is surely not for the faint of heart, and sports so many options and abilities you can get lost forever.
E16 is old, but technically, so is its successor whose release we celebrate today. The first bit of code for Enlightenment 0.17 (yes, 0.17) was committed to cvs a long, long time ago. "The first wave of files were committed to CVS on Friday the 8th of December [2000] at 22:52:54 UTC. More will certainly follow in the next couple of weeks and months," Martin Geisler wrote 12 years ago.
"I don't think that it should be necessary to add, that I'm looking forward to this", Geisler added back then, "I don't have a release-date, because Raster and Mandrake doesn't want to give any promises. When asked on the maillinglist, they promptly decided to add one week to the release-date, every time someone asked."
I guess a whole lot of people asked about release dates, because here we are, more than twelve years later, and Enlightenment 0.17, or E17 for short, has finally been officially really actually released. However, most of us will know that E17 has been very usable for years now; I recall using it several years ago to great satisfaction.
So, has E17 stuck to its roots, or has it, like many other similar products, lost its way trying to focus on a specific type of mythical user that doesn't really exist? You will be relieved to know that E17 is every bit as configurable and themeable as its predecessor, and that the developers see this as a core aspect of the Enlightenment user experience.
Music to my ears:
Sometimes options are dangerous, but necessary for some people. Sometimes they are so dangerous that they are buried under layers of complex systems to try and keep them from being mis-used. Sometimes they are just, by nature, complex, and that's life. In the end, choice is good. That means that options and configuration are important. We'd love to streamline how they are presented, and make it easier for the "Average Joe", but never shall we do this at the expense of the power user.
Part of this is a focus on bringing all that Enlightenment has to offer to older and less powerful systems too. "We have gone to a lot of effort to make Enlightenment scale from anything like a 200Mhz ARM phone with 32M RAM all the way up to the latest multi-core, 64bit multi-Ghz and 16GB+ desktop beasts with 2 or more screens," the team states. In other words, whatever machine you have lying around for testing, E17 will most likely work.
By this point, it's important to explain what, exactly, Enlightenment 0.17. While E17 is still a window manager, it's also a desktop environment - but most of it actually consists of lower-level libraries. About 80% of Enlightenment's code are the libraries powering the environment, which means it's a lot more than what you see on the surface. From bottom to top, E17 is unique and custom.
I've just made space on my laptop for Enlightenment 0.17, and I can't wait to get going. E17 feels like it's mooning KDE and GNOME, like it's flipping the bird at the current trend of every project targeting some sort of mythical 'ordinary user' which either doesn't exist or which they won't attract anyway.
It's a throwback to that time when I bought my first own computer for university, which only ended up as a battle-hardened sandbox for whatever I could coax into running on it. Now that I'm closer to 30 than to 25, have an accountant, and worry about things like the state of the housing market and the resale value of my car, E17 is just what I need.
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Finn who was an integral part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was made to appear foolish, childish, impotent, and at best, misguided. The social justice warriors that wrote this were so intent on making women condescendingly superior to men that they stripped them of any heroic attributes. That alone is enough to give this a movie a zero if it were possible.
A hard working team did the best job they could to edit and produce this movie. The style of each outfits and the designs were well carefully designed. The story and careful background tried to deliver to the best to all kind of audiences.
The Last Jedi was the final chapter of all the original stories of SW.
The sequel will telling a new story.
A new hope during a new era.
A none easier movie to rebuild.
We will see what happens next.
Han Solo movie will a new amazing adventure.
Plots holes, bad acting, painfully bad jokes, pointless scenes and characters. Terrible in every sense of the word. 5 stars is laughable.
Terrible addition to the franchise...nothing in this more was good...excessive humor, no backstories, killing off the one good thing it had going for itself, Mark Hamill. The movie is all over the place like it was produced, written and directed by a toddler. Worst SW movie ever. Wait for Netflix or dvd rental for it...save your money folks. Besides the obvious this movie was filled with political garbage and casted all men as stupid, grumpy and unimportant while females were heroes and the leaders in every situation. Rey is like a god needing no training what so ever. Chewbacca, 3po and r2's screen time is a min at best...heck B.B.-8 is only in 5 min. Again just awful!!!
Visually stunning however the story was absolutely terrible.
That is a Great movie that deserves Oscar. Deep meaning and such amazing performance.
Even most of the movies I've been unsatisfied with I'd likely give them as much as a 2 but this edition of Star Wars is in a class by itself. There's nothing subtle about the statement it makes yet if it was not present even some of the more bizarre, boring or unnecessary scenes could be forgiven in which case I would be rating this 4 star.
I am given kudos to the director for trying to direct this movie. He was not like George Lucas but he tried. The movie was amazing.
Wow...That was one of the worst writing in star wars franchise. -plot holes upon plot holes;
-everyone act like idiots;
-0 logic; -0 chemestry between heroes of the story; -obscene amount of cringy comedy; -character of Phasma absolutely…
Another uninspired copy and paste script. Some absolutely stupid character abilities. No respect for the characters/legacy. A bunch of crappy effortless CGI. Cheap humour. 3 stars for the percentage of the movie I wasn't bored. It's just another dumb movie now - the legacy is dead.
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With the new year comes another busy semester ahead, and another opportunity to help our students change their lives. Included in this edition of Faculty Focus is the CCRI Mission Statement, which outlines whom we serve and how we deliver education. I encourage all of you to read the statement and be sure that it guides teaching and learning at the college. It is not enough for an institution to simply have a mission; it must live its mission each and every day.
Also in this issue, you'll find important information about distance learning, adjunct orientation and online courses about PowerPoint and Blackboard for faculty and staff. CITLA, the Center for Innovative Teaching, Learning and Assessment, had a successful Winter Workshop on Jan. 10 and is planning some exciting offerings this spring, including webinars, the Faculty Learning Community, brown bag lunches and a Spring Symposium. I hope that many of you will participate.
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Federal financial aid regulations require that "… a student that began attendance and has not officially withdrawn [who] fails to earn a passing grade in at least one course … the institution must assume, for [financial aid] purposes, that the student has unofficially withdrawn, unless the institution can document that the student completed the period." Therefore, effective Fall 2010 the input of the following grades – NA, WP, WF, F and I – must be accompanied by a last date of attendance. This way the institution may stay in compliance with federal financial aid regulations governing the dissemination of financial aid awards.
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If you enter a last date of attendance for a given student, there must be a grade entered as well.
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CCRI CIO Steve Vieira has published the December issue of the IT News
I hope you enjoy the new issue and will take the time to provide some feedback on the articles and presentation.
Here are this issue's articles:
One reason I teach online is that it gives me a chance to have meaningful contact with every student, every week. In my Introduction to Literature course I use a journal feature. Each week students write their responses to one of the works we have covered in an entry only I can view. I have rich exchanges with these students, who often comment back to my comments. In a classroom with 30 students, many are silent; shyness or lack of preparation can leave students lurking in the back of the room without saying anything. This is not possible in an online environment, where everyone has to participate.
~ Beth O'Leary Anish, assistant professor of English
If you're interested in teaching online, begin by using Blackboard in an on-campus course. Blackboard workshops are announced in the Crier and a schedule is available from Information Technology's training page. There also will be training opportunities at Professional Development Day. Once you're comfortable with Blackboard, participate in the Online Pedagogy course for CCRI faculty. This course is a five-week fully online course that runs in the first summer session and over the intersession between the Fall and Spring semesters. The Online Pedagogy course covers distance learning pedagogy and best practices as well as the distance learning policy at CCRI.
If you are teaching a DL section (600 or 700) in the Spring semester and you are not on the DL mailing list or you do not have access to the DL Faculty Forum in Blackboard, please email Maggie Burke to be added to the list and the forum. The forum contains helpful documents for DL faculty (sample startup letter, syllabus template, course evaluation instructions and semester checklist, among others). If you're on the mailing list, Maggie will send you email reminders throughout the semester to help you with DL policy and keep your course running smoothly.
You are invited to join the URI/RIC/CCRI distance learning pedagogy Listserv. Faculty and staff from the three institutions of higher education are sharing and discussing ideas, articles and resources. If you are unfamiliar with distance learning, this is a great place to find out how it works. You can quietly "lurk" and read your colleagues' discussions, or post your own questions, comments or articles about online learning. Please consider joining this Listserv.
Adjunct faculty members are recognized as playing a critically important role in providing quality education for CCRI students. We are providing an online resource to make your transition to CCRI a smooth and enjoyable experience while providing you with important information and support. Access orientation »
The multicampus environment makes it difficult for faculty and staff to attend traditional workshops. Keeping this in mind the Department of Information Technology staff has developed some fully online courses in two of the most popular applications - Microsoft PowerPoint Basics and Blackboard 101, which covers basic and intermediate skills for the Blackboard Learning System (BLS). These courses were developed within BLS and can be accessed through any Internet-connected computer for anytime-anywhere learning. Faculty and staff may choose to go through the material at their own pace or join their colleagues in a fixed schedule.
CCRI is scheduled for its 10-year accreditation visit in March 2014. The NEASC executive team began preparations for the self study in April 2011.
Standards co-chairs will have their first drafts of Description and Appraisal returned with comments during the first week in January. They are focusing on creating viable projections for their reports.
Additional information and summary PowerPoints can be found on the CCRI NEASC website.
Wendy Aronoff will facilitate the Faculty Learning Community, which will meet once or twice monthly over the Spring 2013 semester. This FLC will use a model of reflective practice to form a collaborative community. Contact Wendy at firstname.lastname@example.com or 825-2317 for more information. Visit our website to RSVP or find more information.
CITLA will host exclusive replays of the Salome Heyward ADA webinars on the Newport County and Liston campuses. Discussion with CCRI's Disabilities Services staff will follow. Dates and times: TBA. Visit our website to RSVP or find more information.
CITLA'S Spring Symposium will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on May 23 at the Knight Campus. Our speaker is Amy Baldwin, author of "The Community College Experience."
Ever receive an email with one of those "high importance" icons brightening your inbox? The point is that the icon, being more visual than the printed word, indicates something powerful to the brain. Maybe that's why those stars we all craved on our elementary school papers meant so much to us.
Humans are visual learners. Most of us have learned to apply that principle to our PowerPoints (PPTs), but we'd like to suggest another addition to your PPTs that is sure to improve deep learning and student learning outcomes.
In "Learning to Think Things Through" (Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall: 2009), Gerald Nosich defines fundamental and powerful concepts as "those basic concepts that lie at the heart of a discipline or course" (198). And if you haven't heard us explain the importance of beginning each class with the key concept(s) you'll be discussing that day, you've heard someone talk about the value of daily learning objectives.
So here's our tip. One way you can minimize PPT clutter while magnifying student learning is through icons. On your PPTs, get in the habit of starting each day with a slide that lists those fundamental and powerful concepts (FPCs). And to make your students metacognitive, let them know these introductory concepts are key by adding an icon beside the FPCs.
For instance, since we want to hammer our students over the head with FPCs, we use as our icon Mjöllnir, so whenever they see the hammer of the Norse god Thor beside a key concept, they know — in their terms — it will be on the test.
Now what would happen to student learning if every course in our discipline, our college or even our university adopted the same PPT symbol? That's an inquiry for another time.
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DALLAS – P.J. Tucker scored 17 points, including two key baskets in the closing minutes, and the Phoenix Suns pushed the Dallas Mavericks to the brink of playoff elimination for the first time since 2000 with a 102-91 victory Wednesday night.
The Suns blew a 14-point lead in the second quarter and almost did it again in the fourth before hanging on to snap a 10-game losing streak that was their longest in 16 years.
The loss meant a 12-season streak of playoff trips for the Mavericks (38-40) could officially end with a win by the Los Angeles Lakers, who played at Portland later Wednesday.
The Suns, who led 85-71 early in the fourth, were up just four when Tucker put in a layup for a six-point lead after a shot by Luis Scola barely touched the rim as the shot clock expired.
Tucker, who also had 10 rebounds, grabbed a miss by O.J. Mayo on the other end, then hit a 3-pointer for a 98-89 lead with 1:01 remaining. Tucker, a 26 percent shooter from long range this season, was 3 of 4 from beyond the arc.
Goran Dragic led the Suns with 21 points and 13 assists, while Scola had 11 points and a season-high 15 rebounds.
Shawn Marion led the Mavericks with 22 points and nine rebounds. Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points and Vince Carter had 18.
Phoenix took the lead for good with an 18-4 run in the third quarter. Dragic started it with a 3-pointer to break a 63-all tie, then had assists on a layup by Tucker and a 3-pointer from Markieff Morris.
The Mavericks went almost 5 minutes without a basket in the third quarter and another 4 minutes to start the fourth before Mayo hit a long jumper, but Phoenix pushed the lead back to 12 with help from free throws by Dragic after Mayo was called for a flagrant foul for throwing his shoulder into the Suns guard when he was driving.
The Suns led 51-41 at halftime after being up by 14 in the first quarter, but Dallas started the second half with a 12-2 run to get even.
Wesley Johnson scored 15 points in the second quarter to help the Suns rebuild a double-digit lead they lost when Carter sparked a 12-0 Dallas run with a one-handed dunk off a miss by Nowitzki, who was 0 of 5 in the first quarter and took some practice shots before going to the bench at the end of the period.
Johnson was 3 of 4 from 3-point range and the Suns, 29th in the NBA in 3-point shooting at 33 percent coming in, were 6 of 9 from beyond the arc in the second quarter.
Dragic had 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting in the first quarter to build the Phoenix lead, and the Suns' starting backcourt of Dragic and Johnson outscored Dallas starters Mike James and Mayo 33-8 in the first half, which ended with Phoenix leading 61-51.
NOTES: Dallas coach Rick Carlisle got a first-quarter technical when C Chris Kaman was called for a foul after knocking over Dragic at midcourt when a dribbling Dragic stopped in front of him. Carlisle stepped onto the court to complain about the call, drawing a puzzled look from Dragic. ... Mavericks C Elton Brand missed his fourth straight game with a sore right calf, and Suns F Michael Beasley missed his second straight for the birth of his daughter in Phoenix. ... There was a brief delay in the fourth quarter when the scoreboards, game clocks and shot clocks went blank or reset. Turned out there was 4:20 remaining.


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In a nation besieged by bloody insurgents and appalling poverty appears a humble candidate who vows to fight for the poor and disenfranchised. This political unknown storms into the elections and wins the Presidency. After being sworn in, the new President declares an all out War on Terror, which soon culminates in the capture of public enemy number one. The country is Peru. The President is Alberto Fujimori. The year is 1992. Since fleeing Peru in disgrace, Alberto Fujimori has remained virtually silent about the sensational end of his controversial presidency. Until now. Last January, Fujimori agreed to the first in-depth interview since exile. At the center of Fujimori's presidency are his controversial tactics in the war on terror: hooded judges ruling from behind one-way mirrors, secret military tribunals, and the alleged use of torture and death squads. His extreme measures bring success, resulting in the severe disruption of the two deadliest rebel groups, the Shining Path and the MRTA. But these victories come at a severe cost. Rocked by growing corruption scandals, Fujimori flees to Japan and from a Tokyo hotel, faxes in his letter of resignation. In 2003, Interpol places Alberto Fujimori on its Most Wanted List on charges of corruption, kidnapping and murder. Undeterred by the indictments against him, Fujimori enjoys celebrity status in Japan, where he patiently plots his return to Peru -- and a run for the presidency in 2006.
Official Site: www.falloffujimori.com
Director: Ellen Perry
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Cast: Alberto Fujimori, Keiko Fujimori, Susana Higuchi, Vladimiro Montesinos, Gustavo Goritti, Carlos Orellano, Luis Iberico and Abimael Guzman
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The famous American climber Lynn Hill will visit Bratislava for Hory and Mesto outdoor festival. The festival will be held from March 28 to April 1 and Lynn Hill will be there on March 31.
Hill became in 1993 the first person, male or female, to free climb The Nose, a famous route on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. In 1994 she upped the ante, by becoming the first to free climb the entire route in a single 24 hour period.
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A fantasy chatelaine using a variety of construction techniques. Amongst the silk velvet pincushion and toadstools there is storage for your needles, pins, thimble, spool of thread, needle threader, marking pen and embroidery scissors. One of the hand made strawberries is filled with emery powder to keep you needles and pins sharp. Detailed instructions and illustrations are included in your kit along with a selection pf hand dyed lace leaves for decoration.
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Okay, so I know this particular dish is half novelty and half supper, but honestly, the whole thing made me just ridiculously happy, and how often can you say that about a Tuesday night supper?
This all started with a trip to Costco, where the Southern husband (who THINKS he has more self-control than I do at Costco but really doesn't) not only bought a huge bag of shrimp but also a Costco sized bag of avocados. Now, the shrimp can be sub-divided into many freezer bags and stored away for future meals. The avocados? Not so much. It was use-it-or-lose-it time, avocado-wise. And since I am a girl who loves a challenge, I spent a week making many avocado-based things while still trying to keep it interesting. We had:
BLA's (Bagel with Lox and Avocado)
And…Shrimp in a Jar, which is basically layers of chopped lettuce, fresh tomato salsa, cooked chopped shrimp, mashed avocado with lime juice, all topped with crumbled tortilla chips. But the beauty part is the jar. Why? I have no idea — but for some reason it was just so much fun! I picked up these little wide-mouth jars at The Container Store, and once you have finished eating your supper out of them they make GREAT little storage devices. They are currently lined up on my counter with four different types of cookies in them.I'm already thinking up new possibilities for what the Southern husband is already calling "jar food." In the meantime, here's the recipe.
Shrimp in a Jar
- 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped white onion
- 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro or parsley
- 1 to 2 teaspoons chopped fresh jalapeno
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice, divided
- 1 pound peeled cooked shrimp, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 2 firm-ripe avocados
- 2 cups shredded lettuce (I used iceberg)
- 1/2 cup coarsely crumbled tortilla chips
- Stir together tomatoes, onion, parsley, chile, ketchup, 1 tablespoon lime juice, and 1/2 teaspoon salt.Stir in shrimp and season with salt and pepper.
- Mash avocados with remaining 1 to 2 tablespoons lime juice and 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Divide lettuce among jars and layer shrimp mixture, avocado, and crumbled chips on top.
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SGI has a new refrigerator-sized Linux server that uses up to 64 Itanium processors. Called the Altix 3000, it's a Linux adaptation of the Origin 3000. Its most interesting capability is the ability to cluster several Altix 3000s together, with the architecture supporting up to 2,048 processors. Read more about it at ZDNet.


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SYDNEY (AP) – Authorities were conducting an air and marine search Thursday off Australia's east coast for two cruise passengers who were believed to have fallen overboard the night before.
The couple from New South Wales were discovered missing Thursday morning after the Carnival Spirit docked at Sydney's Circular Quay, at the end of a 10-day journey, said New South Wales state Police Superintendent Mark Hutchings.
He said surveillance camera footage showed that the couple -- a 30-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman -- fell from the ship's mid deck Wednesday night, when the ship was about 65 nautical miles off the coast of Forster, a city 185 miles north of Sydney.
"This is a tragic event at the moment, but we're holding out hope we might be able to find these people alive," Hutchings told reporters.
Investigators were having the video enhanced in a bid to determine whether the couple had jumped or had fallen by accident, Hutchings said.
No life preservers were missing from the ship, he said. A missing life preserver might have indicated that one of the missing passengers had attempted a rescue.
Jo Meehan, spokeswoman for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which is coordinating the search, said an airplane, a helicopter and police boats were searching a 300-square-nautical mile area of sea.
The couple had been among 2,680 passengers on a South Pacific cruise. They were discovered missing as passengers disembarked, said Peter Taylor, spokesman for the ship's operator, Carnival Cruise Lines.
"The guests in question were traveling with family and friends, and initial reports indicate that the couple was last seen onboard the vessel last night," Taylor said in a statement Thursday.
"The ship immediately initiated standard missing person procedures, including a full search of the vessel, as per protocol," he said.
Police said in a statement there were alerted about two hours after the ship docked.
Carnival Cruise Lines is a subsidiary of Miami-based Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise operator.
Carnival Corp. has been plagued by a series of high-profile problems in recent years. Last year, the Costa Concordia ran aground off the coast of Italy, killing 32 people. Also last year, the Costa Allegra caught fire and lost power in the Indian Ocean, leaving passengers without working toilets, running water or air conditioning for three days. Costa is a division of Carnival Corp.
In February, passengers aboard the Carnival Triumph spent five days without power in the Gulf of Mexico after an engine-room fire disabled the vessel. Those on board complained of squalid conditions, including overflowing toilets and food shortages.
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***Guest post from John Kieffer who was with the 2nd Psyops Group with the JFK Center for Special Warfare.***
I'm wondering if there is anyone who may remember this …
In 1971 I was stationed at Ft Bragg and had to attend a mandatory hour long 'fire and brimstone' evangelical Christian sermon by a 4 Star General at the Main Base Chapel.
All commissioned officers stationed at Ft Bragg, from the 18th Corps commander (3 star general) down to each and every 2LT (I was a captain), were ordered to report to the base chapel at a certain time and day (I recall it was a work day).
We were told that if we were not present we would receive an Article 15. (editor's note: civilians, read this as 'a serious misdemeanor charge' -JG)So the chapel was packed with all the generals and highest ranks in the front pews and the lowliest company grade officers like myself up in the loft pews. For one hour a 4 star general (can't remember his name but he may have been the FORSCOM commander) told us all in every which way to "accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior." All of us in the top area were looking at each and rolling our eyes. When the general was done, he dismissed us and that was that. A few weeks later I was told that he had retired.
Very strange incident.
***Editor's note: Richard Dawkins will be speaking 50 feet in front of this same building on March 31st. Free, open to all.***


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So....Anyone here watched the anime X/1999? Based off Clamp's amazing (but STILL incomplete) manga.
Personally, I'm a BIG Clamp fan, and X/1999 (or X) is my shared favorite manga by them. (The other two being Tokyo Babylon and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle).
I thought the anime version of X/1999 was pretty good, and it was nice to see the conclusion the anime drew up, considering the manga is not able to be completed presently. Here's how I rank it:
Animation - A
Art - A
Music - A
Story - B (Wish they didn't leave out important scenes in the manga and kept all the gore and violence, but it was nice to see an actual ending).
Characters - B (Again, left out manga scenes that gave more character development).
Overall - I'd give it a 7 1/2 out of 10.
Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide
Oh, and if you've only watched/read Tsubasa RC, a lot of characters from X appear there, mainly Seishirou, Subaru, Kamui, Fuuma, Sorata and Arashi. (The first two appearing in Tokyo Babylon before X and TRC).
Got to say though lol, this series does have shonen-ai implied in it, nothing major though. This is Clamp after all >_>
So...Anyone else seen X/1999? If so, what's your opinion? (And the horrible X movie doesn't count!)
1% evil. 99% fangirl.
I watched the whole thing but I haven't finished reading the manga.
Both are good, I loved everything about. However, I just wish they would finish the whole thing up. =|
Give me names. I'll give you blood.
Hopefully Clamp gets to restarting the manga again if ever >_<
Arashi Kishu FTW!!!
Yoshimi <3 <3 <3
Heck yeah! I heard though, that they want to finish it but can't find any publishers because the events in the manga are too violent and too close to what happened in Japan recently.
Bummer! And I think that's crap anyways - what about all the other violent series, or series with connections to stuff that has happened in Japan?
1% evil. 99% fangirl.
I loved the series. I wish it had a couple more episodes to expand the ending(the few episodes before had quite a bit of action and then the final battle felt rushed) and give some more character development(some like Sorata had entire episodes to their background but others like Kusanagi weren't seen much).
I never started reading the manga, is it worth it considering the manga will probably never end?
I only hated the movie because it confused the hell out of me with it's plot holes. After watching the series, seeing it again wasn't so bad.
Well. I just adored the 24 episode tv series, it is one of my all time favorite animes, it would be on my top 10 list, and I'm glad I've found other people who appreciated it. Very underrated. I've never heard anyone argue that it was not good on one hand, but people just seem to not have seen it. The X movie on the other hand is another story...
The series does an impeccable job of helping to bring to life a wide variety of unusual characters, everyone is so charismatic and multi-faceted. Not one person in the series is all evil or good, and I wouldn't have it any other way! Clamp has such a mature understanding of the human personality. X brings together some of my favorite characters from the glittering halls of anime. Fuma Monou being one. It also has my favorite relationships. My favorite couple is Yuuto and Satsuki. Subaru and Seishiro are another favorite couple of mine.
Yes you're right, about your critique, it had atmospheric music, sleek artwork that has stood the test of time, and will continue to stand. As for the story, I think they were off to a good start. Its very dramatic. But it starts to feel rushed to me at about 3/4 full. I think it needed more than one season. But it was still such a rich world. I don't know how I feel about the ending most of all. But I can't really fault them since the manga is incomplete. I think they were a little trigger-happy sometimes by taking the liberty of bumping off lots of interesting characters when they didn't have too, when they were still alive in the source material, but I understood-- they were trying to bring about a conclusion. I think they also had trouble explaining Princess Hinoto's character arc and Arashi's, but like I said, I think this was more of a matter of time, if they had only had more. But this is getting dangerously close to spoilers. All in all, it was special and I liked it. I love Clamp's work, they're my favorite creators!
"Of course Sir, it'll be our little secret"- Tom Riddle
Now that that's out of the way; Oh dear god... the mess of a movie that X is... much more of a fan of the TV series and manga. Hell, even then the only reason why I pulled through any of it was because I happen to have a crush on Satsuki (the girl who uses the super computer BEAST!) Ah... how she get's raped and killed by it (well not "raped" but nonetheless: violated).
Future Gootecks, the Gootecks from the future!


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If there's one thing that EA's horrific new action game Dead Space is manifestly not, it's a "shooter." Indeed, its slow pace, limited ammunition and the ever-present element of fear bring up comparisons to Resident Evil 4, but even this similarity is more a matter of pacing than anything else. What we realized during our Dead Space demonstration at this year's E3 is that one of the game's biggest draws is a heavy dose of strategy. Running in pell-mell to face down the hideous aliens is a quick ticket to some sort of gruesome dismemberment. The secret to survival in Dead Space is knowing what to shoot, where to shoot it, what to shoot it with and which of the many, many things flapping, slithering and crawling around a derelict spacecraft needs to be shot first.
The player takes the role of Isaac Clarke, a space-age repairman sent to investigate the Ishimura, a mining vessel that's stopped communicating. When he arrives he finds the ship a derelict, its crew butchered, or worse, horribly mutated into alien organisms with entirely too many teeth, too many tentacles, and no social graces whatsoever. With no weapons at all, Isaac is forced to convert many of his tools into improvised engines of destruction to try to get to the bottom of where the aliens came from and what exactly happened to the Ishimura.
The key to Isaac's (and by extension, the player's) survival is to begin to deconstruct the alien ecology that's infested the Ishimura. Everything onboard the ship, regardless of its current form, used to be a human being that was infected and mutated by the aliens and warped into some purpose-built monstrosity. It's the idea of being "purpose-built" that provides the impetus for a player's shooting strategy. We were introduced to several new creatures in our E3 demo, each of which has a definite function within the alien ecology and each of which needs to be dealt with in a different fashion.
The first creature we ran into was called a "guardian" (the dev team is dedicated to keeping the names of the creatures as simple and functional as possible). The Guardian is a stationary alien that grows from a human fused into a wall. When approached, the human belly splits open, revealing six tentacles that attach themselves to the walls, indicating that the creature is now active. What it does then is dependent upon the player's action. Coming too close to a Guardian is not recommended as it will shoot out a seventh tentacle that will instantly decapitate Isaac. Stay out of range of the tentacle and the guardian begins to spit out sub-creatures that shoot acidic spit at Isaac from range. These creatures are independent of the guardian, will survive if it dies and must be killed by having their tentacles shot off. Stepping on them merely causes them to explode. They can be killed by shooting off the tentacles that connect it to the wall.


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To the Editor:
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan gave nearly 3 million illegal immigrants amnesty and said this would help fix the immigration problem. Later in life, he said that was the worst decision he ever made.
Today, our government reports 10 million to 13 million illegal immigrants are in our country. If you believe that, then you also believe the unemployment numbers as well and are very naive. Those numbers are a lot higher.
We have immigration laws, which are not enforced, yet they say they need to be "reformed," a word they use quite often to make it sound like they are really going to do something about an issue. In the meantime, our government gives them food, clothing, housing, health insurance, schooling and even college. Yes, college. Next, they are talking about giving them a brand-new car. What is next? A brand-new house?
Illegal immigrants have broken laws that are on the books, exploited the 14th Amendment of our Constitution for their own benefit, yet our government turns a blind eye to it.
Both parties, Democrats and Republicans, have been guilty of this, buying votes. They also have the nerve to tell citizens to tighten our belts and raise our taxes.
I have one question for all of these politicians. What are you going to do with the next 10 million illegal immigrants? Once again, history will repeat itself and we will not learn from it. So sad.
James M Korjenek
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I started kiting 9 months ago and I love it! Best sport in the world. I have good kite control. And love jumping as high as I can. But I feel limited. What am I doing wrong? I posted a video in here. Maybe someone can see the way I steer my kite to tell me why I'm not getting higher. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meOuRXT5CBY
Would appreciate any feedback!


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First Aid
Sprains, Strains & Pulled Muscles
Remember "RICE" - Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. Rest the injured part, particularly an ankle or knee. Ice the area of injury immediately. A bag of frozen peas wrapped in a thin cloth is an excellent ice pack. Apply for 20 minutes every two hours initially. Compression is best effected with a crepe bandage or tubigrip. Remember not to have it on too tight! Elevate the injury, particularly legs. The aim of this is to reduce the pain and swelling. Treating an injury correctly, immediately, will lessen its severity and speed up the healing. After a day or so start to use the injured area gently. Warmth may help at this stage. If you are a keen sportsman advice from a physiotherapist may be valuable.
Burns & Scalds
Place the burnt area under running cold water until the pain eases. This may take up to 15 minutes. Cover the area with a clean dry tea towel or something similar. Do not pull clothes off a burnt area. Do not prick blisters. Do not put oil or cream on a burn. If the burn is large then seek medical advice at casualty. For smaller burns that you are not happy to treat yourself, the practice nurse will be happy to see you in the surgery.
Raise the limb and use firm pressure with a clean cloth until the bleeding stops. If the wound is gaping and looks like requiring stitching or there is heavy bleeding, contact the doctor.
Try not to panic. Do not try to retrieve the object from the throat. Hold young children across your knee and hit them firmly between the shoulder blades or give them a short squeeze on the tummy. Hold an adult from behind just below the ribs in a bear hug. Give several short squeezes. If none of these work dial 999.
Sit in a chair leaning forwards with your mouth open and pinch the soft lower part of the nose, not the bone, for 10 minutes. Avoid blowing the nose for 24 hours. If the bleeding persists, contact the doctor.
Insect Bites And Stings
Prevention is better than cure. If you are prone to nasty bites use an insect repellent. These are available from your chemist. Antihistamine tablets from the chemist will usually relieve most symptoms. Bee stings should be scraped away rather than plucked to avoid squeezing more poison into the wound. Stings inside the throat can cause dangerous swelling. Contact a doctor immediately.


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Cherub DK Multi comes in several vibrant multi-color selections. It is machine washable AND machine dryable! It is a soft mix of acrylic and nylon, making it soft and durable. This yarn is ideal for hats, gloves and baby garments!
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Berroco's "Maya" yarn is an irresistibly soft blend of silky pima cotton and comfy baby alpaca! This lightweight, chainette construction yarn has great stitch definition and wonderful drape. Maya would be great for any season, but its muted colors are perfect for spring and summer tops and shawlettes!
Color: Pinto (Purple) • Color Number: 5617 • Fiber Content: 85% Pima Cotton / 15% Baby Alpaca • Ball Weight: 50g • Yardage: 137 yds • Yarn Weight: Medium • Gauge: 20 (Stitches per 4.0 inches/10 cm.) • Needle Sizes: 8 U.S./5.00 mm • Care: Machine Wash, Gentle, Cold. Dry Flat


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Style # 211615
Stripe block design and a lightweight fit that stretches to accentuate curves, this bebe bodycon dress is sure to be a new-season statement piece you'll want to wear over and over again. Try it with a pair of wedge sandals and a statement necklace.
- 80% rayon, 15% nylon, 5% spandex
- Center back to hem: 34" (86 cm)
- Dry clean
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Ottoman Colorblock Bodycon Dress is rated out of 5 by 2.
Rated 5 out of 5 by SewerGal from Stunning dress I am so happy with this dress. It is like a sweater material but thinner so it is not too hot. The fit is amazing, it hugs your curves and gives nice coverage for the bust area. I am large chested so I am always concerned about that. The stripes actually minimize the look of the bust. The length is perfect, I am 5'4" and it hits about 2 inches above my knees. The dress is very comfortable too. I am so glad I purchased this dress before it sold out. Thank you Bebe! Good job on this one!
Date published: 2013-03-14
Rated 5 out of 5 by kbrc from HOT! Love love love this dress! Fits true to size and probably the most flattering white dress I have found. It looks so good on. Can't wait to wear it!!!
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A method to prevent the loss of a treasured pet.
Recently I wrote in my blog a welcome to our new dog, Muffin. We've learned some things in the past couple of weeks that are most valuable when it comes to pet care. Pets are an investment. Make no mistake that there is a financial responsibility related to animal care. Farmers of livestock invest major money to establish and maintain various herds of animals. Whether our animals are livestock or house pets, the financial responsibility can add up quickly. Veterinarians are animal lovers who truly care about their patients, but they have decided to make their living by providing that care.
New pets need vaccinations against certain diseases or medication to eradicate diseases they have already acquired. Many people choose to have their animals neutered so that unexpected animals are not brought into the world without anyone to care for them. We have branches of the humane society, but we don't want to just turn over unwanted animals to be terminated. That is a last choice for any humane society, and more and more often, units of this organization adopt a "no-kill" policy. That means that they go to great expense to insure that animals are placed in homes that will provide adequate care and a loving environment.
It turns out that Muffin is a bit of a bounder. She watches the front door, and has twice sneaked out between our legs so quickly that it left our heads spinning. The first time, I was carrying in some purchases, and I didn't even see her as my vision was blocked by my parcel. Muffin loves to run and she is the most beautiful when she's running full out and jumping deer-like over whatever obstacles get in her way. She's still a puppy, only a year old. A large part of our responsibility is to keep her safe. Both times we have retrieved her. She's not really trying to get away from us. I suspect that in her previous home, she was in a more rural setting and perhaps not so much an indoor pet.
To add to the drama of our new relationship with Muffin, she is a digger. We have a large portion of our yard where she can run freely. It's fenced in, but at one point, curious Muffin found a spot where she could dig out under the fence. Again, the chase was on but she does already seem to know where her home is and didn't wander far. We have fortified the fence now, and don't let her roam in what we call the "pasture" without one of us with her.
This week we had a microchip inserted under her skin between her shoulders. The microchip is about the size of a large grain of rice and is inserted with a syringe not unlike her regular vaccinations. These devices operate on Radio Frequency Identification. They give off a signal that can be read by a scanning device. Veterinarians, police and humane societies have these devices and can determine if a chip implanted in the animal. Some animals wear external identification devices. We've all seen cattle with ear tags that serve the same purpose. Virtually every kind of animal has been tracked with similar equipment, sometimes for scientific research. Birds, bison, sheep, llamas and even armadillos have all been tagged for one reason or another.
These microchips are not yet universal. It is my understanding that the scanners can tell if there is a chip implanted, but may not be able to read the information. A number is assigned to each chip and then registered on line or by telephone with the various companies that provide this service. Again, we're looking at the necessary investment to maintain a pet
There's so much more to caring for a pet. Like humans, they need sensible diets that are healthy for their species. It's not uncommon to see pets that are overfed and in their advancing age become almost immobile. This is a choice that falls into the pet owner's hands. If humans choose to overeat to the point of morbidity; that's their choice, but our pets depend on us to insure that they are cared for properly.
Muffin now has a chip. It doesn't mean she will never be lost, and it doesn't relieve us of our responsibility to confine her. It does give us some assurance, however we've done what we can to retrieve her if we should lose track of her. We will guard our front door and soldier our fence line until Muffin discontinues her efforts to run free. She is a happy dog. We will continue to work hard to make sure that she has plenty of room to run and play and be the adorable dog she is now,
If you have a pet, consider having a chip inserted. It does not hurt them and may very well save their lives. It's just another way to insure that you're doing your best to provide the best possible care for your pet. I believe sci-fi has already predicted that people will eventually have microchips that will enable locating them if they are lost in the mountains or other terrain, or even if they are running away from the law. This would be another two sided coin, of course. One can predict the cries of "Big Brother is Watching," but lives could be saved, and even kidnapped children be located using such devices. The technology advances we have lived through are both exciting and frightening, depending on one's outlook. I wonder what that will mean to the old saying, "He's a chip off the old block."


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|Viñoly in the Bronx
February 10 - May 20, 2009
Bronx County Hall of Justice, 161st and 162nd Streets between Sherman and Morris Avenues, 2001-2006
Bronx Hall of Justice is a visually dynamic glass building in which judicial transparency is both a metaphor and quite literal. With 47 courtrooms, seven grand jury rooms, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Probation and the Bronx District Attorney's office, it is one of the largest courthouses in the country. The building's main entrance parallels the street conventionally, but from the back courtyard the Hall of Justice opens up into complex cascading forms. Angular stairways inside connect the floors visibly through sheets of glass and cantilevered floors break up the rhythm of the long horizontals of the corridors. A cylindrical juror's assembly hall with a spiral ramp punctuates the courtyard plaza — an area that offers a tranquil retreat from the street with trees, space for community activities, and a sculpture by Cai Guo-Qiang. A rooftop Zen garden, visible from the upper floors, sits atop the juror's assembly hall. The building incorporates a number of "green" technologies, among them the folded glass planes at the front of the building that offer passive solar light and climate systems.
Copyright Paul Warchol and Rafael Viñoly Architects
|Bronx Housing Court, 1118 Grand Concourse, 1997
The 1997 Housing Court of Rafael Viñoly is one of the few contemporary buildings to appear on the Grand Concourse in an area known for its concentration of Art Deco and Art Moderne apartment buildings. Forced by a narrow site to rise considerably above the ordinary building line, it makes amends by trimming its southern wing to the height of an older six-story apartment house alongside, and tucking in its north frontage to match that of its other neighbor. Asymmetrically poised above the entrance is a broad window four stories high in a frame that stands forward from the building's interior wall. Its function is to bring light into the stacked public lobbies inside. An abstract clock is oriented to be visible to traffic crossing the Harlem River from Manhattan to the Bronx as well as the surrounding neighborhoods.
Copyright Rafael Viñoly Architects and Jeff Goldberg / Esto Photographics, Inc
APEX (Athletics and Physical Education Facility), Lehman College, Bedford Park Boulevard West, 1994
The APEX forms the northern boundary of the Lehman campus and serves as a gateway to the college along "college walk," a tree lined sidewalk that runs north to south through the campus. Like other Viñoly buildings, the street side has been left intentionally plain. From the campus there is a dramatic arc of the reflective stainless steel roof, penetrated in the center by the passageway from the street. Within the passage Viñoly has anchored a two story "grand staircase" and rectangular, asymmetrically located lobby. In addition to housing gymnasiums and training facilities, the center features an Olympic size swimming pool, offices, and classrooms.
Copyright Peter Margonelli


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- 2/3 cup hazelnuts, toasted, husked, cooked
- 2/3 cup cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
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- 6 large eggs, separated
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, cooled slightly
- 4 teaspoons cornstarch
- 2/3 cup whole milk
- 2 large egg yolks
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- 1 1/2 cups hazelnuts, toasted, husked, cooled, plus 12 whole nuts, toasted, husked
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 16 pieces, room temperature
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- 1 cup apricot preserves
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- 3 dried apricots, cut into slivers
Recipe Preparation
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 9-inch-diameter springform pan. Line bottom with parchment paper. Blend first 4 ingredients in processor until nuts are ground as fine as flour.
Using electric mixer, beat egg yolks, 1/3 cup sugar, and vanilla in large bowl until mixture falls in heavy ribbon when beaters are lifted, about 5 minutes. Using clean dry beaters, beat egg whites in another large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/3 cup sugar, beating until stiff but not dry. Fold 1/4 of whites into yolk mixture to lighten. Fold in remaining whites. Sift half of flour mixture over; fold in gently. Sift remaining flour mixture over and fold in, adding any nuts from sifter. Drizzle butter over batter, folding in gently (do not overmix or batter will deflate).
Transfer batter to prepared pan; bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Transfer pan to rack; cool cake 10 minutes. Cut around pan sides to loosen cake; release pan sides. Invert cake onto rack. Remove pan bottom and parchment paper. Cool.
Place cornstarch in heavy small saucepan. Gradually add milk, stirring until cornstarch dissolves. Whisk in egg yolks. Whisk constantly over medium-high heat until custard comes to boil and thickens, about 3 minutes. Transfer to large bowl. Press plastic wrap onto surface of custard. Chill 30 minutes.
Finely grind 1 cup nuts with powdered sugar in processor, about 30 seconds. Using electric mixer, beat vanilla into custard. Beat in butter, 1 piece at a time, then beat in ground nut mixture in 4 additions. Refrigerate until firm enough to spread, stirring often, about 30 minutes.
Stir apricot preserves in small saucepan over medium heat for 1 minute. Push preserves, including fruit pieces, through strainer into small bowl. Cool.
Finely chop 1/2 cup hazelnuts. Using long serrated knife, cut cake horizontally in half. Place 1 layer, cut side up, on 8-inch-diameter tart pan bottom or cardboard round. Spread evenly with apricot preserves. Top with second layer, cut side down. Transfer 3/4 cup buttercream to pastry bag fitted with large star tip. Spread remaining buttercream over top and sides of cake. Press 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts onto sides of cake.
Pipe 12 rosettes around top edge of torte. Place 1 hazelnut and 1 apricot sliver into each rosette. Refrigerate until buttercream sets, at least 1 hour. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome; keep chilled. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before serving.


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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 02 May 2011
In what part of the body is a shark's blood made? This was the subject of an enquiry that was recently sent to the Australian Museum.
Even after referring to several reference books, including my 'fish biology bible', Helfman et al (2009), I couldn't find out much about how blood was formed in sharks, so I contacted Dr Stuart Fraser, a colleague who works at the University of Sydney. Stuart replied:
"Not a lot is known about where blood cells are produced in sharks. In fact one review wrote " At present, knowledge on the development of shark leucocytes and hematopoietic tissues is meagre". It would appear that the spleen in the adult might have the most erythroid cells (red blood cells) while white blood cells are produced in an organ called the epigonal organ."
Again, I have to confess my ignorance. I had never heard of an 'epigonal organ'. I looked it up and found out that the epigonal organ is only found in sharks, and that there is one positioned underneath each kidney.
It seems there is much to learn about blood production in sharks ... feel free to comment!
Tags fishes, ichthyology, shark, blood,


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Coastal Advisory Comittee
Ambrose, Susan
- Departments:Public Works
- Divisions:Coastal Advisory Committee
- Title:Chair
- Phone:(949) 361-8204
- Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
What is the purpose of the Coastal Advisory Committee?
The purpose of the Coastal Advisory Committee is to serve in an advocacy role to outside agencies, organizations and individuals to address the beach as a treasured resource in terms of its recreational and economic benefits. The City has experienced a dramatic loss of beach sand, which has caused damage to beach facilities. Also, urban runoff and how it affects water quality has become an imminent concern to the City.
When and where do they meet?
The Coastal Advisory Committee meets on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m., Community Center 100 N. Seville in the Ole Hanson Fireside Room.
How can I present comments to the Coastal Advisory Committee?
The Coastal Advisory Committee represents you, the citizen. Your input is important. Members of the audience who wish to address the Committee are requested to complete one of the forms near the entrance of the meeting room and submit it to the Chairperson.
Who is on the Coastal Advisory Committee and how do they get their positions?
The Coastal Advisory Committee consists of seven citizens who are appointed by the City Council to 2-year terms. A few months before committee member terms expire, the City Clerk posts information on how interesed citizens may apply for appointment to the committee.
I want to speak at a Coastal Advisory Committee. What do I do?
To speak at a Coastal Advisory Committee meeting, members of the audience are requested to complete one of the forms near the entrance of the meeting room and submit it to the Chairperson.
How can I serve on the Coastal Advisory Committee?
To become a member of the Coastal Advisory Committee citizens are asked to file an application with the City Clerk, prior to an interview and selection by the City Council. These selections normally occur in June of each year, or at other times when a vacancy on the Committee occurs. For more information on applications for Coastal Advisory Committee please send an email to email@example.com or Staff Contact: Cynthia Mallett – Environmental Programs Supervisor (949) 361-8204 firstname.lastname@example.com
Click here to obtain an application for the Coastal Advisory Committee.
How do I get an agenda or minutes of the Coastal Advisory Committee?
Agendas are available online under Coastal Advisory Committee / Agendas. Agendas should be available by the Friday before the next scheduled meeting. Minutes are available online under Coastal Advisory Committee / Minutes.
Where do I find out more information about the Coastal Advisory Committee?
You are welcome to E-Mail or call us for more information at (949) 361-6143.