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Reasons to Fawn Over FON
April 27, 2007
It was only a matter of time before businesses started to monetize what amounts to a state of near chaos in wireless connectivity. Time Warner is the latest to buy into the FON model.
I think it's pretty clear, almost a decade into the home broadband era, that people really like to share. Sometimes they share music and movies, sometimes they share connectivity, and sometimes they just share opinions nobody cares to pay them for. And good for all of us. It's nice to share.
Bandwidth itself, of course, is a pretty popular object of peoples' more generous impulses. Networking geeks with friends behind restrictive corporate firewalls cough up bandwidth in the form of quietly proffered ssh proxies, and newly minted WLAN operators leave their access points open for passers by.
Granted, sometimes that wide-open hotspot is more a product of ignorance than altruism, but there are plenty of people who know exactly what they're doing when they leave the front door of their wireless network open.
Municipal Wi-Fi is, of course, a coming thing. Several large cities have begun to roll out their own WLANs
But Muni Wi-Fi and WiMAX aren't really here yet. How can we tell? An appalling number of bloggers continue to spend their precious blogging time crowing about how they've found some new hotspot to blog from, for one. And for two, we still hear stories about lost souls getting picked up by the local cops for mooching wireless connections from the comfort of their pickup trucks. (Note to wireless piggybackers: Any coffee shop owner willing to call her place of business "Brewed Awakenings" cannot at all be counted on to have anything like a useful sense of humor.)
It was only a matter of time before businesses started trying to monetize what amounts to a state of near-total chaos in wireless connectivity. We're all familiar with paid hotspots, for instance. But that's a model no one's eager to sustain for long: There are costs associated with management and maintenance, for instance. Unless, that is, a company were to hand off management and maintenance to its customers.
That's the FON model:
Sell (or give away) a special wireless router anyone can connect to a home broadband connection.
The FON router provides a private network segment for the hosting user and a public wireless access point for passers by. Prospective FON users (aka "Foneros") can either pay $39.95 for the FON "social router," keep an eye on the FON blog for the occasional $5 offer, or even flash an existing router's firmware, converting it into a social router at no cost. The new fonero can decide how much bandwidth to parcel out to passers by, and whether to be a "Linus" or a "Bill."
"Linuses" share their connection and, in turn, can share any other FON user's connection for free. "Bills" share their connection and take 50 percent of their WAP's take from paying customers. Paying customers? FON calls those "Aliens," and they're people who don't share a wireless connection at all, preferring instead to cough up $3 a day for access to FON WAPs.
Ordinary folks who are happy to just get free Wi-Fi away from home will typically assume a Linus role. Small businesses (coffee shops that are not, for instance, named "Brewed Awakenings," or other high-traffic spots) might prefer to take a skim of the proceeds from all their Alien customers.
How well's FON doing? Not the easiest thing to judge. FON claims 60,000 member hotspots around the world. It's telling that Google and Skype have both invested in it, as well as a few major venture capital firms. And it's also telling that on Monday FON announced a new partnership with Time Warner Cable that legitimizes wireless connection sharing among Time Warner customers using FON social routers.
Time Warner (along with many other ISPs
Some ISPs have already answered that question: There's a chance to make a few bucks. Seattle-based, national ISP Speakeasy, for instance, has offered a service it calls "Netshare," which allows its customers to earn a credit on their monthly bill by setting up a hotspot for their neighbors. Speakeasy handles the billing, the customer hosting the access point gets a take, and people who really do not want to deal with a DSL technician crawling around their house get a service that just works. Provided, that is, the user they're buying bandwidth from isn't an absolutely demonic file sharer.
And it appears Time Warner has figured that out, too. While the partnership is certainly good news for Time Warner customers among those 60,000 Foneros, who might have faced getting their connections yanked for terms of service violations, it's pretty good news for Time Warner, too: It's getting a cut of the Alien fees.
It's tempting to think that with looming muni Wi-Fi and WiMAX, a model like this is doomed. But muni Wi-Fi is coming slowly, and WiMAX, while promising, is going to require new hardware. People spending their money on lattes down at the local coffee shop might not be eager to upgrade their hardware the second large-scale WiMAX deployments come to town. In some cases, that's going to mean a whole new laptop.
If you're curious about FON, and wonder if there are enough users in your area (or areas you might want to visit) to make it worth your while, check out the FON dynamic map page and search your ZIP code. Maybe you'll get to start making your neighbors call you "Bill."
Article courtesy of PracticallyNetworked.


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Thomas Keever saw the telltale signs of trouble on his computer a month before it hit. A trajectory traveling northwards out of the Caribbean, curving toward the southeast picking up microscopic spores on the backside of winds from Hurricane Ivan that eventually brought Asian soybean rust to the United States.
You'll likely come to think of him from now through October as your thrice-weekly weatherman regarding the threat of soybean rust in the United States in 2005. The forecast gives growers and others in the industry a 24- to 72-hour heads-up regarding rust infestations.
As the meteorologist at the North American Plant Disease Forecast Center on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., Keever brings together information from a myriad of sources over the Internet to write forecasts in next-to-real time about the what, when and the risk to an disease epidemic in the North American Hemisphere.
The forecasts are listed on the Web at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/edu/depts/pp/soybeanrust/.
The Center, the brainchild of a semi-retired, white-bearded plant epidemiologist Charlie Main, got its start in the summer of 1995 thanks largely to an outbreak of blue mold in burley tobacco in the mountains of North Carolina. That first year, Main, Keever and other scientists "cut and pasted" the forecasts and faxed them out to growers and Extension agents.
Today, taking advantage of the real-time aspect of the Internet, the forecasts can do exactly what they're meant to do, tell about something that's coming, instead of something that's already happened.
Keever has been working on soybean rust with various state and federal agencies for at least two years. His first official forecasts of the year hit the soybean rust Web site the first of March.
"Right now, I'm looking at sources that may be present in the Caribbean or perhaps along the Gulf Coast of the U.S.," Keever said in late January while hanging the meat on the Web site. "We're running some daily trajectories out of those areas to see what might be happening."
In the world of plant epidemics, fungal diseases have an over-wintering site. They spread from there. Keever has been checking winter freezes throughout the U.S. He lists Louisiana and portions of Florida as the only areas immune to the hard winter freezes that kill the fungus.
In addition to possible over-wintering sites in the extreme Southern U.S., Keever has his eye trained on sites in western Cuba, Jamaica and the Yucatan.
Working at his computer, Keever picks a number of meteorological parameters, including moisture, and weather from the recent past, present and future.
He's already worked out a "for instance" trajectory, assuming that soybean rust over-wintered in Mobile, Ala., showing where the spores may have gone on a particular day in January. No cause for alarm now.
"If I see that pattern sometime in March or April, it's really going to get my attention, moving north through the lower Mississippi Valley and curving northeast through the Ohio Valley," Keever says. "By that time, kudzu would be flourishing and the soybean crop would be in the ground. That's the kind of things I'll be looking for in my forecasts."
Using the Web site of the Air Resources Laboratory, an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Keever picks a set of data to run trajectories from specific longitude and latitude or picks a spot on the map.
"Western Cuba," he says. "I'll be running trajectories out of there for blue mold and soybean rust this year. We'll use that as one sentinel, so to speak."
Using the Air Resources Laboratory's Hy-Split model takes an air concentration or deposition forecast at 3,000 meters. The air concentration forecast mimics the number of spores and their movement through the atmosphere.
A deposition simulates the path of the spores as they move through the atmosphere, taking into account rainfall. "Looking at the rainfall gives you a picture of where the spores are deposited on the ground, which is very helpful to me in making my forecast," Keever says.
It's this kind of information Keever will use in making his thrice-weekly forecasts. He looks for "dangerous situations for the transport of spores and the weather that accompanies them."
The forecasts will contain reports from the sources of soybean rust spores; meteorological conditions that could contribute to its spread; the likelihood of that spread; and the associated risk. The site will also have the recommended fungicides, rates and equipment for management of soybean rust.
Using disease information at the "source," combined with rainfall at the target area and conditions for infection, Keever puts all of the information together and comes up with a risk assessment for those crops.
"One of the most important pieces of information is what's going on with the disease source," Keever says. "I cannot forecast the source of the disease that I don't know about. That local information is important."
Because the plant disease forecast center began with another fungal disease, Keever considers the scientists have a slight jump on soybean rust. "We're in the same sort of situation with soybean rust as we are with blue mold," Keever says. "I suspect early in the season, we'll see soybean rust established on kudzu and move to soybeans as the crops come up."
While soybean rust only hit the U.S. in the fall of 2005, the center in North Carolina, as well as others, has been working on the disease for about two years.
Keever and the scientists at the center were asked in the fall of 2003 to do historical tracking of soybean rust's trek from Africa to South America. "Our group and some other groups did analysis work that concluded soybean rust arrived from Africa around New Year's 2000-2001 in the southern part of Brazil. From there, over the next two to three years, it moved into portions of Colombia. That brought us to the work we were doing last year when there was great concern that soybean rust might spread from South America into the Caribbean and into the United States."
Keever was on loan to the USDA-APHIS doing work on soybean forecasting last year during the height of hurricane season. "There was an enormous amount of hurricane activity last year, so there was a good deal of concern as to whether these hurricanes might be bringing spores up to the U.S. from South America."
Charlie and Ivan got Keever's attention. "As it turns out, the threat from Charlie was relatively low," Keever says, pointing to a list of hurricane names during the 2004 season.
"Ivan turned out to be a different story," Keever says.
He started getting concerned about the trajectory of Ivan the first week in September. "Some of our forecast pathways were showing that there might be some interaction with the hurricane" and the spores that were active in Colombia," Keever says.
"One of the disturbing things was the path the hurricane was taking. Once it had moved to the west, the winds on the east side were pushing spores farther north," Keever says.
This event turned out to be the winds that pushed soybean rust into the U.S., with the first confirmation being in southeast Louisiana, and subsequently in nine states at multiple locations.
Keever describes his work as "gathering information from the Internet and various other sources and applying the weather information at hand."
"Thomas is being a little modest," Main says. "I don't mind tooting his horn. Thomas gave a pretty good indication of when and where this disease might occur.
"I often say that either we're getting better at this or we're damn lucky — one or the two. We're maybe a little bit of both."
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Dr. Michael "Micky" Collins, clinical and executive director of the UPMC Concussion Program, goes through a complete examination with patient Natalia Watzlaf, a local high-school athlete. Click the thumbnail below to download it in high resolution. Photo credit: "UPMC"
The UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program was the first of its kind when it opened its doors in 2000. It has remained the largest ever since, serving as an international leader in this still-evolving discipline. At the forefront of concussion research, assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and education for more than a decade, the Concussion Program sees more than 13,000 patients annually, produces more published research than any program that followed, and continues to set the standards of care.
To better meet the needs of patients among the estimated 1.7 to 3 million Americans afflicted by this injury each year, the Concussion Program moved in January 2012 to a newly constructed wing dedicated to individualized care. The new, 3,500-square-foot facility has a 24-person staff, nine examination rooms and a multidisciplinary approach devoted to concussion management in all levels of athletics, all ages of patients, and all walks of life.
Its internationally recognized team of clinicians, therapists, and researchers are among the world's innovators in studying the effects of concussion and applying a multidisciplinary approach to managing this often debilitating injury. They were the pioneers of the first and most widely utilized computerized neurocognitive test, and the first to use its research in improving treatment techniques. This evidence-based knowledge and exam-room experience has made UPMC the forerunner in concussion assessment and rehabilitation. The program's clinical and executive director is Michael "Micky" Collins, Ph.D. In addition to sharing in the clinic's treatment and research, Dr. Collins helped to develop both the Center for Disease Control concussion toolkit as well as the neurocognitive testing protocols used in the NFL, NHL, MLB, college and high-school athletics, and the U.S. military. . . with roughly 3 million people tested, and growing.
Dr. Collins assisted Mark Lovell, Ph.D., the Concussion Program's founding director, and co-medical director Joseph Maroon, M.D., in founding ImPACT® (Immediate Post-concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing). The testing system was the first computerized assessment tool to evaluate a concussion's severity and more accurately determine when an injured athlete can safely return to play. Today, ImPACT is the most widely used and scientifically accepted tool in the United States for comprehensive clinical concussion management.
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Student blog tracks progress of campus gardens
May 30, 2013
Two CAS students are tending to the vegetable gardens near Forest Hall and the Graduate Campus lawn for the summer.
Funded by the Green Fee, these students are sharing their experiences with the community via their weekly blog—Plants are Important—and also through a garden tour on July 25 during the lunch hour.
For more information, please contact Gabe Bishop at x7848.


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Adams State Herbarium
An herbarium is a collection of plant specimens that are carefully preserved and mounted on sheets of paper labeled with important information such as scientific nomenclature, description, date and location collected.
Herbaria can be used to study plant taxonomy, geographic distributions and how they may change over time, and in some cases, genetic data can be generated from herbarium specimens.
The Adams State Herbarium houses ca 8000 specimens of mainly plants collected in Colorado and northern New Mexico.
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Westport man earns fencing honor
WESTPORT -- As a teenager growing up during the Depression, Ed Vebell read about the exploits of swashbucklers in books like "The Three Musketeers." He was captivated by the duels in movies like "The Mark of Zorro." And he fantacized about fencing.
The stories painted pictures of chivalry and heroes who handed out justice with their swordsmanship. The tales also planted the seeds of an avocation that -- 80 years and multiple lifetimes worth of experience later -- has landed the 93-year-old Westporter in the U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame.
People in Westport's arts community may know Ed Vebell as one of the nation's leading 20th century illustrators. But his fencing career, which started in his youth on the south side of Chicago, carried him to international championships and the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.
"He's one of our greatest fencers," said U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame director Andy Shaw. "He was the first American to win an international epee competition; he was great in two techniques (epee and foil) and his game was developed in a number of different places."
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Vebell, who fenced for 41 years, was inducted into the hall last Friday at the Columbus Convention Center by Sacred Heart University fencing coach Tom Vrabel.
At the Helsinki Olympics, Vebell reached the semifinals and placed 13th. He won the North American Championships in 1953, and, in 1964 became the lone American to win the World Cup.
All of his fencing accomplishments coincided with a career of a different kind. Vebell developed into one of the most well-known illustrators in the United States, a career that lasted 70 years with his work appearing in virtually every significant magazine in the country, including Time, Life, Sports Illustrated and Reader's Digest.
Vebell began fencing at age 14 and was largely self-taught through books. He competed in the Chicago Championships and won the novice bracket before the advent of war changed the course of his life.
"I started fencing mostly because I read a lot of romantic books," he said. "It kind of fired my imagination; and the early movies by Douglas Fairbanks. I was fascinated by fencing."
In 1942, at the age of 20, Vebell was drafted into the Army and was sent to North Africa. When his artistic talent was discovered, he was offered a job as an illustrator with Stars and Stripes, published by the Defense Department and the nation's most widely read military newspaper. Not only did that keep him off the front line, it allowed him a unique opportunity to continue his fencing training with some of the best teachers in the world.
"(Stars and Stripes) allowed time to get trained for fencing in North Africa," Vebell said. "I trained at the French officers club because they had a gymnasium attached to it."
Vebell moved from Africa to Italy and onto France as the war progressed, illustrating the battlefield while honing his fencing craft. He received one-on-one instruction -- which he partly paid for with Army-issued cans of Spam -- from the game's brightest minds.
"I got great instruction because they were the best in the world; the French and Italians," Vebell said. "I was training for the Olympics while in Europe; I think I was the only one to do that during the war."
Vebell remained in Paris following the war to receive more training before moving to New York in 1947. While he didn't have the necessary time to accumulate ratings points to compete in the 1948 Olympics, Vebell finished in third place in the individual epee competition at the Pan American Games in 1951 and helped the U.S. finish first in foil and second in epee.
Although Vebell enjoyed success on the domestic level, competing against the best fencers in the world posed a different challenge. Vebell trained six hours a week and dueled with Europeans that made the sport their full time jobs.
"For many of the great (Americans), we had to deal with the European being sponsored," Shaw said. "Many countries would give everything to their athletes. If you work a job, and you go to work and fence on the weekends. Compared to (the Europeans) fencing all day long. You don't have to earn money if you are sponsored."
In 1952, Vebell reached the semifinals of the Helsinki Olympics. In the semifinal round, he was matched up with Italian brothers Dario and Edoardo Mangiarotti, who ended up winning gold and silver.
"I felt if I could train like the Europeans, I would have been much stronger," Vabell said. "I still did very well, 13th in the Olympics isn't bad; all of the other Americans were out in the first round and I lasted for three rounds."
Vebell was ranked No. 1 in the U.S. heading into the 1960 Games. Fate again intervened when his wife Elsa -- the two were married for nearly 60 years -- gave birth the night before the National Championships. Vebell was left off the team after an uneven performance the next day.
"All I needed was a night's sleep," Vebell said. "We had to fence at 8 a.m. after being on my feet all night long."
Vebell rebounded and, at age 39, finished first in the 1964 World Cup, a tournament held in New York. The tournament featured most of the best fencers in the world, with the exception of the Soviet Union, which didn't participate.
"I was world champion, but the caveat was that the Russians weren't there," Vebell said. "I might not have done as well if the Russians were there. The Europeans were tough. That was my biggest victory for sure."
Vebell's fencing career began to wind down following his World Cup win. He taught fencing at Roger Ludlowe High School in Fairfield as he turned his attention to illustrating and continued to compete locally before retiring in 1980.
His studio in Westport, the same one since 1953, remains a museum of years of books, artwork and warfront collections. Among stacks of drawings spanning years of history is a small pile of fencing photos dating back to 1944.
"Fencing is the reason I've arrived to this age," Vebell said. "The repetitive motions; I think it's conducive to longevity. It's helpful physically."
And at 93, he's proof of it.


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Florida's Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau is offering car enthusiasts a chance to win tickets to Barrett-Jackson's Palm Beach auction next month, along with two nights free in the Hyatt Place West Palm Beach.
To enter, head over to the bureau's web site and write a few words describing just how much you love old cars, then fill in your name, e-mail address and zip code. Barrett-Jackson is also giving enthusiasts a chance to attend the auction free of charge at its annual pre-sale cruise-in on April 1 at Wayne Akers Ford. Admission to the cruise-in is free, and the first 100 registered entries will receive two free tickets to the auction. Cars and trucks of all makes and models are welcome, there will be live entertainment, and proceeds from refreshments sold at the event will benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research.
To register for the cruise-in, visit the Wayne Akers Ford website or call 561-582-4444 and ask to speak with a Barrett-Jackson Cruise In representative.
Barrett-Jackson's Palm Beach auction will take place April 5-7 at the South Florida Fairgrounds. For more information and to see the cars consigned for the auction, visit Barrett-Jackson.com.
I would like to go to the BJ auction!
me too,me too!
my brother and is coming to fla.to visit ,both of us are car and truck fricks,and i would like to suprise him with tickets to BJ show,it would be a great gift for both of us ….thank you…Alvin
I used to be able to watch the show but sence I've been put on medical retirement and then became a single parent with 2kids I had to cut back on a lot. both my girls love carshows . They have been going to them sence they were in strollers . I'm having to move to Fla. to be closer to family . So.I'll be in the neighbour hood .I would love.to take them to a REAL carshow . thank you . Tony
I am trying to get 7 tickets for my grandson and family to attend the Barrett Jackson show in April can u pls let me know how to do this so my family can make a trip down here thank you so much
Please advise me if there are tickets available
I would like to try to get 7 Barrett Jackson tickets for my family to attend the event on Saturday 4-12-14 if at all possible
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I haven't heard if tickets are still available let me know please
Pls I really would love to het 7 tickets to Barrett Jackson would this be possible


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|2011-08-06, 20:43
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The True Culprit
|2011-08-06, 21:11
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Your way of reasoning is pretty similar to Erika, only that you know what you don't want it to be and you do anything in your power to reach a conclusion that is to your liking.
Everything and everybody in Umineko is heavily suspect. That's the core of the whole story and I always think that the most elegant solution is one that combines all and does not discard.
I could make up a theory which frames Kyrie as the most obvious of all culprits, because she is actually the only person beside Krauss with the necessary connections (Yakuza) to turn the gold into money. And given the fact how mentally unstable her sister is, it wouldn't be farfetched to assume that Kyrie isn't any better. Considering the fact that Kyrie was a sort of X-factor to Yasu and her not knowing enough about her (which might be why she disposed of her in both Legend and Turn) it is not impossible to reason that she was in fact the one who took the items Yasu prepared and killed everybody.
It was also Kyrie who gave the necessary spark to the pact between the siblings in order to make them conspire against Krauss. It was Kyrie who made Ange stay home. It was Kyrie who, despite being a proud woman, chose to stay with a womanizer of a husband.
You can call Bernkastel what you want. A bitch? Yes. Conniving? Yes. Devilish? Yes. Devoid of compassion? Probably. But she never did anything to actually make her a liar.
She turned sentences upside down in order to make them appear better than they were or even make a horrible sentence into something good...but she never lied. Even her most evil, if you even smile at your aunt Eva once in your life your whole family is forever dead and gone, is no lie. Once Ange would have decided to move on she would have accepted her familys death...Bern just made that act sound much more heavy than it actually was.
Of course lightning is an important part of Japanese myths and folklore, that is why people in the story believed it in the first place. But you are implying that the whole story, about Shannon causing that event in order to gain enough power to have the resolve to approach George, is completely discardable.
|2011-08-06, 22:12
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I'm not even going to read the rest of your post.
|2011-08-06, 22:35
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Gnawing away at Rokkenjima
They predict a disaster at Rokkenjima before it happens. Possible only if the crime is premeditated and written by the culprit (or someone who knows what this culprit is up to), or because the writer has intimate knowledge of the current family dynamic to strongly suspect that there will be a disasterous crime of some sort (and the story is actually just a kind of guess). Or someone wrote these stories beforehand, and someone else read them and made them true.
They predict the weather at Rokkenjima through Oct. 6. Possible only with an accurate weather report, which is within what? A week or two at best?
They predict Battler's return. Possible only after Battler's return was decided (remind me when that was exactly), unless the writer was Battler himself, or Battler's return was somehow caused by the writer or otherwise ensured to the writer by a third party.
They predict Ange's absence. Possible only after Oct. 3, unless the writer was six-year-old Ange herself, or her absence was somehow caused by the writer or otherwise ensured to the writer by a third party.
Or any of these could possibly be an unlikely coincidence as well.
Or some or all of these events do not completely match up with Rokkenjima-prime's known history (for example, the weather was actually sunny on Oct.5, 1986 (and for some reason, 1998 readers don't bring this up)).
All this isn't to say that there aren't problems with the writings being post-event; namely that one of them was supposedly discovered by the police right after the event.
And there is the unlikely possibility that the bottle stories were written during or just before the event, but that would take an exceptionally fast writer (who was probably also really busy killing/not being killed/playing double- maido/whatever)
And you ask how I could imagine a six-year old killing over a dozen people? The answer: I wouldn't put it past Kinzo Ryukishi.
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|2011-08-06, 22:56
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Gnawing away at Rokkenjima
But, I don't think this actually happened in any of the fictions. And especially not in R-Prime.
|2011-08-07, 00:50
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Join Date: May 2009
A couple things to point out in sequence:
Firstly, remember that the police did not respond immediately. The first person who would have noticed anything untoward had happened was Captain Kawabata when he came back on the 6th and found the island blown the fuck up. He was supposed to come around noonish, though he may have come earlier since it was a Monday and he knew everyone would need to get back to their respective companies or schools. It's gonna take him like a half hour to get out there, and then he's got to radio somebody at Nijima, and only then will the police be able to dispatch some people to the island. And then they're probably gonna be poking around a while before they find the bottle because they're gonna be focused on the giant crater where the houses used to be and not the ocean, which brings me to...
Second, there is no earthly way the message bottle would've survived as ejected debris. Not even. Regardless of when it was written and regardless of when it was released, someone almost certainly had to have manually released it into the water. Wanderer has already discussed the implications of what it means if the bottle was released before or after the incident.
Finally, Battler culprit is acceptable as a theory on the basis that it is totally awesome and means Battler was such an amazing culprit he even managed to dupe himself. It's literally the perfect crime. Only Kinzotrice approaches it for sheer trollish delight, and Battler culprit is actually kind of plausible and textually supported. Also, "the reason Battler didn't come back in Lion's world is he felt no need to murder his entire family in that universe" is just kind of badass.
EDIT: Note that the logic has a sort of twisted amazement to it:
|2011-08-07, 00:51
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sea of Fragments
In Ange's case, she only sporadically attended to begin with because of her stomach problems, so getting her real attendance correct by accident would be something like a 50/50 chance, right?
|2011-08-07, 01:01
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Join Date: Apr 2011
By the way, the main point of my argument a few posts ago was more of ''Erika pulled bitch move X when I expected her to make Superior Bitch Move Y'', it was mainly just a complaint on my end, I over-estimated her and then her image was entirely ruined for me after that.
Maybe it'd make more sense if I say I expected her to be a Kotomine Kirei , and then she revealed herself to be a Yagami Light. Well, she didn't really reveal herself to be that, I just wasn't paying attention until your post made me think ''Wait you're right, can't believe I overlooked that much...''
My complaint is ''She is a third-rate villain''.
My thoughts exactly.
|2011-08-07, 01:03
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Join Date: May 2009
Bern never lied, but she also wasn't usually being honest. It's a fairly well-known trope to have the villain who never lies, but who uses half-truths and insinuations to make people draw the wrong conclusions. It was old when Shakespeare wrote Othello. It's just important to note that a character who does not or cannot lie isn't actually trustworthy.
|2011-08-07, 02:55
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Yasu-Beatrice had already been doing inexplicable acts on Rokkenjima for years in order to convince people that Beatrice existed. Her destruction of the shrine was role-fulfillment for Beatrice; in other words, to strengthen the legend of Beatrice. The how part of your argument is effective though. Then again, GENSAWAJO could help with that.
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|2011-08-07, 06:19
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I also don't see Bernkastel as a liar. She is an ugly person in several ways, but not a liar. Which means I believe her saying she isn't the Gamemaster of EP7 tea party. As we hear Eva's voice in the beginning, it is probably Eva's interpretation of the events.
I agree it would be totally awesome and badass, though it might deprive some lyrics from Ricordando il passato of it's meaning, mainly "Quel giorno, quanti misteri avrei dovuto risolvere per poterti portare via?" = "Should I have needed to solve many mysteries that day to save you?". Well if Battler did learn the truth on Rokkenjima-Prime as speculated, and she wasn't saved anyway, then what gives?
I'd also like to see some visualisation of George culprit. Martial arts VS hatstand-wielding Battler in the rainy rose garden? A fight between men as Ronove described in EP3! It is a supportable theory, though it may not explain Ange's breakdown.
Or maybe Ange freaked out not because the truth was unpleasant, but because the contents were the same as EP7 Tea Party, making her think there's a conspiracy against her to hide the truth. Poor Ange being trolled by everyone.
Though Eva's diary containing the truth was confirmed in red, right? So Ange shouldn't doubt, at least in Meta-perspective. Not the whole truth, but Eva's truth at least.
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|2011-08-07, 07:17
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She learned of Battler's return some days before through Jessica. She learned of Ange not returning from the servants on the 3rd because they had to prepare rooms. Yes, I think a typhoon is usually announced about a week in advance and by the 3rd it should have been pretty clear that it was coming with a 90/10 chance.
And wasn't it also insinuated by Natsuhi and Gohda that Shannon wasn't doing her work properly and was unsually unattentive during her shift? Maybe she was busy with other things during the rest of the day.
The only thing that made the officials dismiss the theory proposed by the letters were:
The fact that the handwriting was not Marias.
The fact that it describes a serial murder, occult events and only alludes to the fact that their "might or might not be a corpse". (Like LyricalAura said, it doesn't describe an explosion)
And most importantly, the fact that Eva is described as brutally murdered in both messages, which clearly did not happen.
Because of this the officials treated it as probable fiction and further claimed that this was actually an incident caused by a landslide. It is quite usual for the police in mystery fiction to be portrayed as 'not interested in the truth as long as a case is closed', so while this might be not 100% convincing it is a genre-trope that can be accepted if one wants to.
Alternatively we could assume that Eva used some of her wealth (which she already should have gotten back around the early 90's) to covince the police not to research the events any further. She very probably knew about the source of the explosion and as we know from EP8 she doesn't want the truth to be revealed either.
I'd say, there is actually nothing that has to be totally dismissed especially because these are stories. Even events like Eva-Beatrice have their reason to be in the story, because it shows what even Eva started to believe at a certain point.
It's a possible theory and it would be awesome on some scale.
It's also quite funny how many people here want to believe that there was an occult mystery murder case on the island, just like the Witch Hunters. Ôtsuki said that the idea of an occult serial murder didn't even exist in public prior to the message bottles being found. Rokkenjima was known as an "occult island" after Eva sold Kinzôs collection, but that was it at first.
There is even the fact that the stake of Mamon was retrieved from the site of the incident, which more or less proves that it was never used in any crime that might have happened on the island. Unless we want to believe that it is made from a material strong enough to withstand an explosion.
It's quite probable that there was a hideous crime, because there's no other way to explain why only Battler and Eva escaped (unless you want to believe that everybody suffered amnesia except Eva ). But it is also quite probable that it was not the elegant night of murder, magic and mystery that Yasu imagined when she planned those 2 days.
|2011-08-07, 07:51
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Well, the government officials might not be as trust worthy as you'd think. If there where explosives left on the island and they knew about it they'd do everything they could to cover up the incident, no need to bribe them at all.
Theres plenty of circumstantial evidence that could be interpreted as them hiding the truth. From the stonewalling of the resort, because imagine the public nightmare of having a large group of tourist get blown up in an island getaway. To their incessant attempts to try an buy back the island before Kinzo developed it. It could tie up with what Okonogi mentions as well.
|2011-08-07, 08:47
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This would immediatly catapult us into a genre called Shakai-ha, which uses the setting of a murder mystery but is more a political thriller. And Ryûkishi himself made it clear at several points that while these elements are there, they have no influence on the central events.
I would also say that you could easily write a story that incorporates political intrigue, yakuza connections, corporations plotting against the family...but the question is if we want that.
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It wouldn't have anything to do with the actual events that happen in rokkenjima, just what happens afterward. Whoever committed the crimes still did it for whichever reasons they had.
Its only used to explain the ineptitude the government would have had of selling an island with a cove full of explosives and not doing anything to try and resolve the issue because they forgot about it or whatever.
|2011-08-07, 11:54
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Does that mean he was a psycho killer, like that Talking Heads song "Road to Nowhere," or that he burned down the house like that other Talking Heads song, "Once In A Lifetime?" Probably not. But it's critical that no one still alive has extensive information about the kind of person Battler actually was in 1986. At least, no person who actually appears in the story.
There are, in fact, only two snippets I can remember of semi-reliable memories on that time period:
Did Battler-culprit ever get traction in Japan's fanbase or something?
|2011-08-07, 13:46
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This latest discussion reminded me of something from the interview:
Working from the translation, I wouldn't put it past him to pull something like this off.
There is also Bern's game in EP8 which, if I remember correctly, had both a George and a Battler solution.
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So, I played as The Netherlands. Modded the files a bit to make them more playable. I added leaders, airbases and so on.
Some of the things that come to mind after playing:
- Love the map, but it's a shame it has less provinces of my beloved country than in the vanilla version.
- So yes, the non permanent UN members. Playing as The Netherlands I was part of that group, but only got to vote on a bill regarding the territory south of Morocco.. Do like how a lot of events work, but I still think the UN should be their own faction. With the non-permanent UN members supplying it with troops for peacekeeping missions (to protect Kosovo for example, the only region I believe is in direct UN control). For example: an event could be good where the player faces the choice of:
1) sending expeditionary troops to the UN: +30 relations with a couple countries - gaining a small dissent penalty (political opposition parties love to bash the government for supporting 'peacekeeping' missions). I guess it would provide some difficulty of how to get your troops to the UN 'hotzone'.
2) not sending expeditionary troops to the UN: -25 diplomatic penalty with a couple countries + government party losing support
3) provide logistical, medical and financial support to the UN: -100 fuel, -100 supplies, -100 money. +10 relations with some countries.
- When I first started in the 2000 bookmark, I noticed that the US and Brittish were having some serious supply issues and weren't getting anywhere in Afghanistan. After a couple weeks/months in game, the war just wasn't progressing. I decided to end the stalemate by declaring war on Western-Afghanistan (Taliban) and won, the Taliban made way for a democratic government. After that, the US -still at war with Western-Afghanistan- suddenly refound the initiative and won the war.
- After that the militias keep on pupping up, VERY frequently. The problem is just that they are too weak. The militias the Taliban/Western Afghanistan fields against the USA actually make you fight for it, but the rebels that spawn after defeating Iraq/Afghanistan are very weak. You just attack them and you get the message that you won the battle with 0 casualties on both sides.. Not really insurgency 2.0
-That reminds me.. maybe, to make it a bit more fun to play as a NATO members, would it not be possible to make an event where NATO members can actually choose if they want to join the US in their attack on Afghanistan or Iraq? Otherwise an ISAF related event? The NATO countries did send their troops to Afghanistan and well basically there's nothing else going on for the moment..
- If you start at the 2003 bookmark, the invasion of Iraq works just fine. But I also remembered (when starting at the 2000 bookmark) that the Iraq war triggered, bringing USA and Iraq to war. But after a few months still nothing happened, no US/British/Australian troops in Iraq.
- Great work on the tech stuff, but I can't wait untill you guys add names for the tanks/planes etc. I tried to do it myself once, but failed miserably.
- I believe I saw a province in Afghanistan called Bremen (?!) and I think I saw some more unusual names in the South of the country.
So yes, I do understand this is a beta still. You guys did great work so far, but as a whole I felt like I just sat there while nothing really happened. I did expand my army a bit and so on, that was good, but it feels better to put your 'new' army to the test
. Also, I saw some gramatical errors in the Dutch names. If you need some help with that, feel free to contact me.
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|2009-12-07, 23:12
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Very nice review of the series Archon Wing. Air has always been one of my favorite anime. It captures emotion like few shows do. I agree that some of the early stories and characters are not that strong or relevant, but they had their own charm that I didn't mind at all. Kanna's story was actually my favorite plot point of the series (She is actually my favorite character in the series), and for me, it gave the whole show even more emotion and depth. However like you said it didn't fit into things too smoothly. The story seemed a bit messy and all over the place the first time through for me, but after watching it once I can deal with it and don't mind it at all anymore when I rewatch it.
In ways I think for the plot the Air movie had better structure in the sense that they just focused on the big story of Misuzu, Yukito, and Kanna and not any of the other characters. I still however like the series better, because the delivery is much more well executed.
What else to say besides that the music is fantastic.
Never did give this show a score so might as well now.
|2009-12-15, 17:58
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I actually never got around to the Air special OVAs; might as well get around to that.
The Air movie is probably the best Key adaptation Toei ever did; I'd say it's the only one that comes close to being on par with its KyoAni counterparts. I think I actually liked the older look for Misuzu better in that.
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|2010-06-18, 17:16
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It was a great series, but I didn't really enjoy the ending. However, it was logical and well-done and just because my psyche couldn't handle the ending doesn't mean it was a bad one.
Oh yes, I cried. A lot. Somehow it still felt that it was so, uh, how should I put it, forced to be sad that some of the emotion got torn apart. There was a lot of potential, to tell the truth, I was expecting more. Definitely the worst from Key's three epic visual novels, but also definitely one hell of an experience.
I still can't believe that Misuzu is dead, though. ):
|2010-08-10, 18:51
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Let's see since I finally got around to the first Key/KyoAni series this week I figured I'll post on it.
Animation Quality: 9 despite being an early work of KyoAni the animation is still amazing in this series, very comparable to their other works which have all been excellent in animation.
Voice Actors: 9, I felt all the VAs did well especially Haruko, Kanna, Minagi, and Misuzu they were very emotionally well done.
Script/Storyline: 8 Overall the main storyline was amazing I am really surprised they managed to create such a complex, unique, and deep storyline from an H-type game I mean I honestly have trouble believing that it came from a game. Though flow of the Series still seemed a bit off with how the other two girls arcs were included and done. Also easily one of the best bittersweet endings for a series that I've seen to date.
Music: 10, seriously Key is just amazing at making good BGMs and OP songs for anime or something , and also I'd say it had a better ED theme than all but Angel Beats plus it didn't bring anything jarring with an upbeat ED like Kanon and Clannad AS did.
Emotional Involvement: 7
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Average = 43/50, so 8.6 I rounded down to 8 here, and up to 9 on MAL .
So while it was the key series I've liked the least, I still loved it as it's within my top 20 for sure.
|2010-10-20, 07:10
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Just finished watching,
I really am disappointed, although maybe I shouldn't be because after getting 1/4 of the way through I had a feeling this anime was boring or "dry" and I turned out to be somewhat right, not 100%.
The reason is, I think I did a mistake of watching
In THAT order. I think if I had started from Air-->Kanon-->Clannad it would have been much better and I wouldn't be so negative.
Clannad in my opinion is the best of Key's work and the most recent of the 3 animes I listed (and so best quality and drawing!) and the most emotional.
Clannad (because it was 2 series of 24 eps each approximately) the storyline was able to be built much more and the characters developed so wonderfully.
In Air, I never even noticed the "Arcs" for the characters very much. They all seem insignificant to the main storyline (please note, I haven't watched the Specials and movie yet, so maybe my opinion changes later).
The animation in Air was of average quality (defintely not bad, but worse than Clannad).
The opening theme song by Lia was so pure.
But look, I think they did a great job considering it was a "small" number of episodes. There is so many hidden messages and links! I liked how in the last episode the boy+girl on the beace are the boy+girl who appear on the logo for Air in the opening theme song!
Edit: after having read a website which provides an in depth summary/explanation of the anime it makes a lot more sense now so my opinion has improved somewhat. But still not a ground breaking anime (sorry!)
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Warning to readers: I don't like Bishoujo and everything that accompanies them. This review makes generalizations that are negative towards those who like them. I know I shouldn't be making them, but I have issues with some genres. Please consider them more comical rather than serious (especially while voting!).
Based on a very famous date sim game, Air is a mix of romance, drama, and magic, all cramped up in only 13 episodes. Well… 11 if you exclude the 2 recaps.
ART & SOUND SECTION: 8/10 [Puke-invokingly good]
Although I dislike utter cuteness and high-pinched voicing, I can't lie at the fact that animation and sound were above average. If you like Bishoujo, this is as good as it gets. I'm sure that all of you who prefer Shonen and Seinen series (like me) would rate this department much less, just because of personal tastes. I would to; but I am obligated to make an objective review and admit that I HATE IT but it has AWESOME graphics and sound. They are detailed and of high quality and that won't change no matter how much I bitch about it. Every aspect of it was made with care and love for this genre.
Art wasn't a 10 because the girls:
a) had really thin limbs.
b) had faces that made them look like 10 year olds.
c) had same body types. Without the different cloths and hair color, they will look the same.
Sound wasn't a 10 because I have heard better J-pop songs and squeaky voices than the ones found here.
STORY SECTION: 3/10 [People who disappear in thin air.]
Here is a big minus. Most episodes are stand alones. The story is about the leading male dealing with a personal issue of a different girl on each episode. Then the girl mysteriously disappears from the story after its issue has been dealt with. Meaning, you get no time to bind with most of the girls in the series.
Isn't it great (and obviously fake) how girls seem incapable of deciding on their own and need the advice of a guy? And the strange girl with the wings in the end only gives a metaphysical side to a series that was supposed to be just about the every day lives and relationships of normal people.
I hear the story was a lot better in the game and that the adaptation removed many parts just to fit everything in 13 (or 11) episodes. Too bad for them; the story sucks big time because of that.
CHARACTER SECTION: 5/10 [Hey, I like her… Oh no, the episode's over!]
Ok, dreamy-looking girls swarming a typical male is hardly realistic. But even if we leave this aside, most of them have only one episode of screen-time, making any character development really rushed, unreal and thus easily forgettable.
The several family and friendship relationships were nice to look at but without any REAL problem in their lives (a villain, a catastrophic event, a dark side in their personality), everything was really boring to stand for long. I know slice-of-life series don't have rivals or villains but the lack of a common problem shared by all characters made me feel that the series was 8 short stories instead of one long and unified story.
VALUE SECTION: 7/10 [Not my cup of tea but…]
Again, I can't lie that it's a very well made Bishoujo series. I would personally never see it again in my life but those of you who like this genre, you will get plenty of kicks out of it. The plot was slow at first, confusing when that flashback occurred and the ending was silly; but if you like Bishoujo, reasoning is not an issue.
This part has to do ONLY with my personal tastes, so don't take it personal. I speak about superficial Bishoujo in general (there are exceptions) and don't really mention how much I liked Air (which I consider superficial).
I HATE DATE SIMS, BISHOUJO AND EVERYTHING THAT PRESENTS THINGS AS IF WE STILL LIVE IN HEAVEN. This whole deal with perfect girls hanging from your (male) aid is simply impossible to swallow. Yes, I know date sims, eroge and visual novels are made to give males the illusion that girls dig them, at least in digital form. I believe those who play/like them are mostly bookworms and shy virgins who haven't even kissed a girl. This sort of games and series only make things worse. They don't teach you what girls really want from a man (nothing does, actually) and they simply make you overconfident without actually improving you at something. It's like a drug in a way; made to trap you into a bubble of false security. Reality sucks, but so does becoming a gynophobic without noticing. Yes, I bitch a lot and I'll probably get plenty of low votes for that. But I personally watch anime that "teach" you about people and don't make you escape reality.
The accused is found … GUILTY! … For selling us a pretty box with nothing inside.
Kanon and Clannad. (good) Made by the same production team and with an almost identical look.
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I rated it a 7. Though, to be honest, I usually either love or hate a series, so it was hard to decide what to rate Air. But, after thinking it through, I realized it was the Misuzu/Haruko arc that saved me from hating the anime adaption altogether. (I say this because, the visual novel is likely much better)
"It was good, but, nothing more." Is what I want to say, because, it is true, but Misuzu's final scene...it makes me feel guilty for saying such a thing. That moment was touching!
To summarize, the few aspects of this anime that I enjoyed, are such great aspects that I can't help but forgive the producers for the lack of plot development.
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I give Air a very respectable 9 out of 10 rating as a series in general as I thoroughly enjoyed watching every episode of it, it made me cry so much at the end & I only wish that there could be the potential for a possible second season at some point as I'd really like that very much
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I finally got around to watching this after so many years. That... was really depressing. I am emotionally drained.
Having watched Kanon and Clannad before Air actually made Air's ending much more impactful for me. Why? Because I fully expected Misuzu's life to be saved through some miracle. I kept waiting for it to happen, but it never did. As a result, I didn't brace myself for the ending and it hit me like a ton of bricks. It's tragic that Misuzu couldn't escape her fate. The best she could do was gain a little happiness toward the end, which I suppose is better than nothing. Haruko and Misuzu's relationship is one of the best mother/daughter relationship I've seen in anime. Such a shame their time together was so short.
Misuzu's arc was the main meat of the series and was excellent. Sadly, the same can't be said for the other two arcs. Minagi's arc was decent and a pretty typical Key fare. Good but nothing special. Kano's arc, on the other hand, was a badly paced mess. It felt like a lot was missing and that they could have used more episodes to work with. The arc was over before I even brought myself to care. It was so underwhelming I first questioned whether it was really it or not.
In the end, my feelings toward the series as a whole are pretty mixed, but I'll rate it 8 for Misuzu's arc alone (I initially felt like rating it 9 but I can't completely disregard the rest). It was that good.
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Air is really a great anime. When I watched it, I felt very depressing. For maybe, the 3 last episodes, I was always crying ! The end was also really shocking for me, who thought like you, Kanon, that Misuzu would escape her fate like always... But, she didn't.
Like you, I thought her act was really great but the 2 others arcs was not really good. At the end of them, I didn't understand quite what happens with them. Particularly, the little girl with the dog, who stays in the city after her arc, but we don't know what happen to her. I was really disappointed.
But after all, Air was for long time, my 2nd place in my top 10 anime.
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LAC-MÉGANTIC - Eight new bodies have been found in search efforts at the scene of the Lac-Megantic train derailment Monday, bringing the official number of deaths to 13.
Spokespeople on site also announced at the evening news conference that the number of people missing in the disaster has risen to 50.
Sgt. Benoit Richard confirmed the SQ are still looking for the other 37 bodies.
As firefighters are giving investigators more access to the scene, police say they are discovering more remains. Parts of the blast site remain too dangerous for investigators to probe, but they anticipate finding more bodies as they get closer to the centre of the crash.
A forensics bone specialist has also been called in to help with the investigation. Only three bodies have been identified.
Richard Vaillancourt said that 25 social workers were available in Lac-Mégantic, and that the challenge for survivors of the explosion is a lack of closure about the missing and the dead.
"Without any closure their grief is in a state of suspension," said Vaillancourt. "They won't truly begin the grieving process until they know for sure their loved ones are dead. This could take a long time."
Police said that out of respect for the families of those reported missing they would not say where the bodies had been found.
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Give your cat a nose-to-tail exam, making sure that its ears and teeth are clean and odorless, fur is free of parasites, skin is lump- and bump-free, and weight has remained stable.
They say moving to New York City is tough, but the biggest challenge I faced during my first few weeks was unexpected: raising a kitten I rescued from the street, weaned off its mother prematurely. The veterinarian warned me that 3-week-old Andy was too young to survive away from his mother, but to me, Andy looked like a trooper.
According to The Humane Society of the United States, there are five stages of kittenhood. As I listenened to Andy's steady breath while he slept that first night, I vowed to see him through all five. The Neonatal Period: Birth to 2 Weeks During a kitten's first two weeks of life, its eyes and ears slowly open. Being with its mother is critical at this time because antibodies found in mother's milk help to build immunity. What's more, "if a kitten is raised without the ability to be comforted by a mom, it can begin life as a dysfunctional animal," says Dr. Nicholas Dodman, author of The Cat Who Cried for Help (Bantam Books 1997). Uncertain of how much contact Andy had with his mom, I wondered whether his nestling in my hands was enough to ensure his well-being.
The Socialization Period: 2 to 7 Weeks Between the second and seventh week, kittens develop their senses fully and learn to run, stalk, pounce and avoid obstacles. To my relief, Andy began to do all these things, remaining healthy after a week of sleeping and bottle-feeding. His first feat was learning to jump from my bed into his own. Soon, the brave kitten preyed -- with boundless energy -- on the toys I made for him. It was entertaining to watch Andy blossom during this period, which Dr. Dodman calls "the starting point of their lives…where they learn everything before fear develops." Most Active Play Period: 7 to 14 Weeks After nearly two months, a kitten usually starts to scoop, paw and mouth. Andy seemed to turn into an acrobat overnight, often running as fast as he could before springing himself onto my bed. "Having gone through 'acclimation,' kittens continue using that talent [skills they learned in the socialization period]," says Dr. Dodman. Ranking Period: 3 to 6 months "In this period, kittens are still continuing to learn…when to run away and when to fight," says Dr. Dodman. Andy learned the hard way how "ranking," or basic dominance and submission, works. As my two older felines ate side-by-side one night, he slowly crept up behind them. His small nose suddenly sniffing in their food bowls surprised them and caused Freddy, the oldest, to strike Andy on the head. Andy slumped back with his belly up and lay still on the floor, meaning no harm, while Freddy retreated into her favorite room. From then on, Andy stayed by himself more often.Adolescence Period: 6 to 18 months During adolescence, kitten play and exploration continues, but the onset of sexual maturity is the biggest change. It was right before this time that I handed my kitten over to new owners. There were many reasons that I couldn't keep Andy, but his new human family was ecstatic. For an unneutered, orphaned cat, Andy was surprisingly well-adjusted. The Secret to Good BehaviorAndy's adjustment to his new life was not a surprise, as I had nurtured him well in the socialization stage of his life. "If you introduce almost anything during this period, whether it's kind and gentle handling or even your dog or bird, kittens will soak in the information like a sponge," affirms Dr. Dodman. To ensure that your own kitten grows up to be intelligent and social, follow these five critical steps, especially during the tender socialization period:
With proper care and socialization, a cat's less-than-promising fate doesn't have to be written in stone. Raising Andy, for me, was proof of that: I was able to overturn the veterinarian's prediction and help Andy breeze through his fifth stage of kittenhood.
Natalia Macrynikola is a Group Editor at Studio One Networks, which publishes The Daily Cat.
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derika saunders says: that goood im have a cat..
cat whisperer says: simple, remove her from the situation and replace it with a better toy. its just a baby kitten, it knows no better than to explore it's world and play with everything in site.
autumn says: Does anybody else have a lapcat? Elmo (greytabby) follows me everywhere and has to be touching a part of me most of the time. I love him to death, but sometimes I think he's a bit clingy.
cat whisperer says: Association. You are going to have to clean that spot. I reccommend using an enzyme cleaner, and backing it up with pet odor removing spray. See your local pet store. Also.. close the closet off until Smokey is using the box on a regular basis.
cat whisperer says: If Gidget continues to do things you have scolded her for, then perhaps she is doing it to be scolded. Many pet owners do not realize that attention seeking cats will settle for negative attention. Redirect her aggression with play time every day. And for unwanted biting, withdraw all attention. Just say "owwww" and leave her alone for a while.
Athena will probably come around eventually
Patches might need more time, or wants to be an only cat.
Sorry I can't caterer special advise for your situation, I hope things worked out for you.
cat whisperer says: Redirect, buy toys and play with her. Help her simulate the hunt with toys, and she will stop stalking you or using you as a tool to learn how to fight.
cat whisperer says: See my post above regarding cats need to perch. You cat needs something that is ok to perch on. In the meanwhile all you have to do is pick your cat up and put it on the ground gently, without punishment. It will be repetitive, but eventually your cat will get tired of jumping on the furniture, and discover that you do not interfere if it perches on the approprite furniture you provide.
cat whisperer says: Once it is done this cannot be corrected, the pot is ruined. Remove the plant from the house, because you will never ever get the smell out of it.
cat whisperer says: I cant tell you specifically why your cat is doing this, but trust me it is natural. The most likely reason is because you are entertaining visually.
cat whisperer says: You failed to use a safe room to introduce them. The older one is establishing pecking order in a natural way. Let them go at it but supervise. The older should be letting up if the younger cries out in pain. If he doesnt then you need to seperate them without punishment, and use a safe room/barrier method.
cat whisperer says: Its called Catterwauling. Females do it most often when they are in heat. Males do it from time to mark their territory audibly.
cat whisperer says: never make sudden changes to the litter pan. see my above post on acclimating a new cat to house. for now run 2 litter pans one in each place. Slowly move one toward another till they merge. This process should take days. If you cat continutes to miss the box, move it back for a while before moving it again.
cat whisperer says: I've never had a problem with any of my boys spraying, but they were all "fixed" at the vet at an appropriate age. For scratching, make sure you groom your pets claws, as well as provide them a scratching post. Reward them for using the post.
cat whisperer says: Introduce the new cat into your house using safe room method. Dedicate a bathroom or bedroom for it to acclimate to your new house. Safe room needs to have food, water, and litter box. Fix the door so it can only be open by two inches. Allow the two cats to smell each other, but do not interfere if hissing and pawing happens. Your older cat will be grumpy, and needs to teach the new cat some manners. After a couple of days of limited exposure, allow the new cat to explore outwardly from the safe room for limited amounts of time. When you feel confident the new cat is litter trained, is not too afraid, and has learned its manners around the senior cat then you can let it blend in naturally. Do not suddenly remove the litter pan from the safe room. Move it a few feet a day closer to the normal litter pans.
cat whisperer says: Say "Owww" and withdraw your hand. Don't try to frighten the kitten, just let it know you got hurt, even if it doesn't really hurt. By withdrawing from the situation you are teaching it that biting behavior brings an end to the affection you are offering it. If you continue to play with a kitten, or scold it, after it bites you then you are offering positive reinforcement. Also.. a developing kitten needs to learn how to hunt, it is in their instinct to try to play fight your hands as if it were another sibling. Redirect this behavior by interacting with your kitten with toys. I recommend feather on string, and faux mice. Lasers can be fun, but might eventually cause distress because they get no closure or reward out of the hunt.
cat whisperer says: Cats have to participate in hunting activities to feel mentally well balanced. The very first part of hunt, is a behavior I call perching. This is the time your cats climbs or jumps up on something high to survey its surroundings for potential prey. You can suppliment this need by giving your cat a safe place to perch. Your local pet store should have plenty of carpet covered cat furniture options to choose from. My favorite is a floor to ceiling cat scratching post, with platforms.
bewildered says: I have 2 Maine Coons, attempting to breed them. Last several days the male has not let the female alone but did not quite get the job done (at least not during the times I was aware of the goings on). Those days before, she was in heat and submissive to his attempts. Now, for the last 24hours she has been in FULL heat and approaching him but he is ignoring her. WHAT is going on????? I'm very perplexed....
Thanks for any insights.
stephanie says: My baby kitten drags out her poo and plays with it how do I make it stop
sk says: Thank you - thank you. Am a new "cat mom" and you have helped me much with understanding my pretty Snowshoe princess.
the cat whisperer says: I just discovered this site on a google search for "feline politics" Pretty good articles here, but wow you folks in the comments have some real basic questions that every cat owner should know. I'll try to answer them as best I can. Please note I am not a cat psychologist, my only qualifications is that I'm a long time cat owner and my "pride" consists of 6 cats of different ages, mostly rescued feral kittens.
alyssa says: how can i stop her from biting me
janet says: separation the mother from her kittens?
Renee says: Runs to you to bite legs or pet her and she will bite sometimes.four month old female.
john says: well i have a kittyy named smokey and he poops in the corner of my bath room closet and his litter box was cleaned yesterday,i dont know why he does it , how do i brake him of doing this?
Bethany says: Hello. After reading some interesting things, It's time for me to ask a question. I have 3 cats and one[Patches Calico 1 yr] lives at the apartment and my other two[Gidget Egyptian Mau 4 months, Athena Egyuptian Mau 1 yr] live with me. We have done nothing but train Gidget and she continues to attack us and do bad things we scold her for. Athena just sleeps and eats and poops, with the occasional playtime. Patches, hates all other cats and she is the size of a mountain lion cub[not joking]. She bites, but like Gidget, it's a playful thing. Can you help with Gidget's problem? And is Athena sick[she is negative for lukemia, she has roundworms wich were fixing and she has a cold but she acts strange even for that...]? And how can we help Patches get along with other cats? Thank you for your time,
The Cat Lover, Bethany
Rose says: My cat seems to have springs on his feet and I am having a terrible time keeping him off my entertainment center and eating my plants. I removed the plants but he is still up there. Any help will be appreciated.
Falanda says: About a week ago brought home two cats from the same liter, male and female. During the night one of them (i don't know which one) likes to use the bathroom in my plants. Now they have access to a clean liter box. At first, I thought that it was them marking their territory, since they have a new home, but this is the second time it's happened in less than a week. Any suggestions on how to stop them from using the bathroom in my home garden?
dan says: all this cat talk makes me want to go play with my cat!
amanda says: I had sort of the same problem with my 2 cats whenever I moved. They would only go on either the bath mat or the rug at the front door. All i did was add another litter box and it magically stopped haha. maybe try putting a litter box in each spot? obviously it's kind of a pain to have to clean 2 boxes but its worth a try! its never easy to get cat smell out of things once they use it for their bathroom business
stephanie says: how do you keep a kitten/cat in the house?
Lee Brooks says: Why does my cat sit for hours staring at me?
Jasmine says: i am thinking about taking in a second cat. he is 4 weeks old right now. i have a cat who is almost 2 years old. what will this do to him? how should i introduce them? and how can i help my baby through this and not give too much attention to the new one??
John says: We got a cat I think when she was a few months. There was always someone around and she got lots of positive attention. We treated her like a princess but we gave her limits too. As a result we had the most well adjusted kitty I have ever known. She never clawed or bit. She loved being scratched. She especially loved her stomach being rubbed.
Bonnie says: she has a very gutteral howl and carries around her toy dolls?
Becky says: Well, she probly doesn't even know she did something wrong.. Maybe you should get a new litterbox and put it in the place where your boyfriend put it, and keep the other one in place and see if that helps?
ginny says: I have a 3 y/o cat and just got a 7 week old kitten - the older one hunts down the baby to hiss at and slap her. How do I handle it ???
Sandra M says: I adopted an one year old persian female kitty 5 years ago. She always seems happy and very content when everybody is around. She is a very friendly girl. 3 summers ago my boyfriend decided to move her litter box to a cooler room from the hotter laundery rroom for the Summer and after Summer the litter box moved back to the original laundery room . And now we have a problem with her wanting to do her business outside the litter box when ever she has something she doesn't like. And she will look at you with her inocent angel eyes like she did absolutely nothing and knows that she did something very bad at the same time. She does use her litter box and I had her checked with her vet and she is perfectly healthy. Does anybody have any suggestion or idea, anything to help her with the problem she has. I really want to keep this sweet little girl around
Jeanine Helfer says: I like information on how to stop cats going on counters, scraching walls/furniture/carpets,and spraying
Marlene Berkowitz says: It is 7 and a half painful months since we had to allow one of our two furters cross over the Rainbow Bridge at the AMC in my arms. Yes, they swere littermates and loved each other. today I received a tc from our vet|s office th at there was a 6 week old tittle gray male kittten and they thought of me.Let alone I do not know if I am ready, but my first concern is for the soon-to-be 17 yo(who just last week got a clean bill of health)-how do you know when it is time for all and what is best?
Frank says: I am concerned. I have long distance charges on my phone bill, but only Mr Wiskers is home during the day.
Is my cat dialing Georgia? I have asked numerous times, but he seems distant and does not respond.
Ken says: Hi I have a 8 week old Male kitten, he loves to play with a towel, but when he gets roudy then he likes to bite hands, and feet. any ideas how to get him to leave feet and hands alone?
trace says: thank u 4 such an informative article!!! i have 2 cats now..the 1st one is 10mos old [egyptian mau]and the 2nd [bombay]is a rescue so i am not sure of her age but they have taught me more about love 7 patience then i thought i already knew from raising my son...pets make a house a home
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A big congratulations to both our Year 5/6 Mathematical teams who made it through to the Exeter Mathematical Challenge Final.… Read more…
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I would like to warmly welcome you to Alphington School. Alphington is a very special place where adults and children learn together, work hard, have fun and strive for their very best. Read more ...