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|2008-12-06, 22:33
|Link #481
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Okay, since you're apparently a total pillock, I will explain it in layman's terms.
Ali has NO SENSE OF HONOR. He may not be totally insane, but he doesn't fight like a knight, or someone with a sense of nobility about themselves. He says "Fuck you" to precepts and rules of combat- which do exist- and fights like a wild beast, and dominates people in the process- case in point, his most recent battle. He is relentless, without mercy, without compassion, without remorse, and without any sense of ruth. (And there's a difference between being ruthless because one, along with their skills, is a beast on the battlefield, and one being apparently 'ruthless' because they're following orders. You want a real-life definition of ruthless, look at the Russians in WWII around the closing stages. They were following their own orders- namely, kill any German in sight, whereas the Americans were following set objectives and not raging like total madmen. That is RUTHLESSNESS.
Graham, on the other hand, fights, AGAIN, with a strict moral code in mind and abides by an equally strict code of honor. He battles as if the rules of combat- and rules are made to be broken- cannot be broken. If it were Ali, or any other soldier, he would have gutted the downed 00 when he had the chance, but AGAIN, Graham didn't, because he fights with honor. Now, use what logic you have, and pit someone who fights by honor to the letter against someone who does the exact opposite, and someone who is a merciless murderer like Ali is.
I'm fully expecting your ego to shine, though, so I don't expect anything good out of you.
|2008-12-06, 23:16
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While I do see situations where Ali's ruthlessness would be beneficial I also feel it other situations where it can be a problem. Let's take when Ali critically damaged Lockon's Gundam in S1. He's ruthlessly went in to kill Lockon and that what lead to his Gundam being destroyed and him getting hurt. When you know you enemy is just out to kill you and won't allow you to surrender you will be more prone to fighting to the death instead of surrendering. He has a bounty on his head by most of the Gundam pilots already. He is hated and many characters would kill him if they had the opportunity. I think most will agree that his chance of dying this season is well past 100 percent while Graham has a decent chance of actually living.
Ruthlessness can be extremely beneficial but it's highly dependent on the situation and can be equally a hindrance. Because, Ali is more ruthless doesn't mean he's better or worse than Graham though or would win a fight between the two.
|2008-12-06, 23:37
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I was writing a couple of lengthy replies but I kept losing them due to random power outages where I live. Anyway, here goes my response:
I never said Ali didn't have extensive experience, skill, and tactics. However, unlike someone whose options in combat are limited because they follow some pre-established rules of engagement(Meisters, Graham, A-Laws and Federation grunts), Ali just doesn't give a fuck about morals, ethics, or rules. Which is what makes those rules of air combat even deadlier in his hands. If throwing a bus full of civilians at the enemy mobile suit would give him the upper hand in a fight, he won't think twice about doing so.
And I stand by my statement that the Meisters are in fact relatively incompetent pilots who use their Gundams as a crutch due to their crappy piloting skills. The only reason they owned entire armies was 80% due to their massive technological advantage in season 1 and only 20% due to piloting ability. That and because the writers said so.
|2008-12-06, 23:46
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I also agree that having a reputation as bad as the one which Ali has isn't exactly good for one's well-being in the long term. Unless Ali is the 00 version of Yazan from Zeta and ZZ.
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|2008-12-06, 23:53
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One thing, notice that Ali never uses his fangs for long, unlike Michael in S1. And he never used his fangs against 00.
He is a pro pilot who only uses the special weapons when the situation calls for it.
Besides, wtfftw, your opinions are so self-centred. Either look on the different perspectives or just gouge your eyes out.
|2008-12-07, 00:12
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My opinion... Ali figures that the OO is too fast for the fangs to even hit it so he has abandoned that idea of using it...
The 00 is a close combat type and moves too fast... Unless you force him into a corner just like what Michael did to Howard in season 1 and then deploy the fangs to attack or use the fangs in the most unexpected way (planning a sneak attack, attacking the 00 from behind, etc...), the fangs are useless against the 00...
That is what i believe anyways.
|2008-12-07, 00:22
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|2008-12-07, 00:36
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I just don't see how one can still argue that A-LAWS answers and operates within any boundaries set by the Federation. Okay, they "officially" are the secret police of the federation we know that, but they work by themselves and act as they deem fit to "keep peace".
|2008-12-07, 01:15
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In any case however, they still have to answer to the governing body of the Federation. For example, inquiries into the results of any operations that they performed, any relevant intelligence they may have gathered etc.
They can shoot first and ask questions later.
|2008-12-07, 07:52
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I earlier said which you did not understand the meaning of
I say Well if they would fight i bet it depends on who has more power seeing how jesus made satin or something in that line satin could pretty well be owned. So it doenst depend on whether satin is ruthless rather who has more power and circumstances of the battle or what these 2 do to do what they always do lol
someone honorable can do the same. War is in essence without rules. Both involve killing indiscriminately of enemies. Rules of combat do exist because SOME countries apply them but THEY ARE NOT the defining factor what decides who will win as you decide that ruthless is the case to win
Many rebel soldier in Africa are ruthless however America who views his way of war honorable can own them any day.
This example i just gave you just pawned your entire ruthless is supposed to be the thing that puts Ali above graham. You cannot say that with any proof or logic whatsoever. Its all in your head
Tiera had more hate AND setsune to KILL ALi then other way around your whole he attacks ruthless is so nonsense as the entire fight had intents to kill.
NOne of them whatsoever hesitated to end the other ones life.
THey thus do not have any remorse for the opponent whatsoever. You watch this show completely weird. Do i need to put screenshots up to show how much setsuna and tiera want to kill Ali?
In fact Slick_rick hints this a biut out with saying that ruthlessness can be negative in battles too. Thus enforces what i say that. WHat puts ali above others is not his ruthlessness but his pilotting skills Experience ability to adapt in situation having no fear etc. I also in the beginning said if you feel that ruthlessness give him an edge fine. However i do not believe that is the deciding factor.
The thing that put Ali above Tiera and setsuna is Experience, (Piloting)skill adaptability.
Ruthlessness had nothing to do with it.
Your saying both side are in war they both kill just that the US just captures alot of german soldier whereas the sowjet just kills them on sight.
How does this have to do with ali being better then Graham because is more ruthless?
There is no comparable logic here.
If you at least wanted to use this example you would have to say the Sowjet was more effective in killing germans and state that with proof in fact the eastern front was TOO large for the german army to defend compared with the Western front. Nor did the americans have anywhere near the men of the sowjet army, and the fact that the russians had way more deaths on their side and suffering thus more reason to fight. ALso the reason why the eastern front became easier for the Sowjet was because the americans where attackingon DDay. if there was no DDay. That front would still be going on for god knows.
Thus this example shows nothing.
It can just as easily give him more pride and reason to fight good
if looking at grahams personality if he were to fight like Ali his Performance would go down. He would not perform good because he would go against his code of honor.
Thus ruthlessness can not be a factor that decide what comes on top.
Ali fighting Graham would have to be a fight to the death. In such a fight neglectfulness of Graham to kill would either mean if Graham has the chance to kill but does not that graham indeed is a better pilot because he has the chance but does not do it means the fight would go on extendedly
or that Graham does not want to kill and thus has a disadvantage (Graham is thus not fighting to the death) and not taking it serious. This would mean that the fight is not creditable as the intentions and circumstances are different.
The only creditable fight would be for both to go for the kill and see who would win. Ruthless would not matter as both would use a ruthless attack to take the other down
You DO not have a case here face it. Unlike you i know when im not right i stated this the moment i saw Ali's performance this ep by saying that you had a point on him being better granted that he has a better suit and stuff.
I still do not go to lengths like you to just get my right when you dont have any case whatsoever.
I can pretty much say the same thing but from the other way that i believe you need to be a pussy to get on top because pussies in most anime's always seem to win. This is the type of reasoning they use.
Ali is just 1 individual on top who just happened to be is ruthless. it could just as easily be someone who is honorable for all ai care. I wouldnt say he won because he is honorable thats crap.
The things is mechabao you and others who support you need to come with valuable proof showing that Graham when fighting setsuna is limiting himself. Show this please instead of just assuming that Graham is fighting with a handicap. The only thing you could pretty much throw at him is saying he doenst have a gundam.
Graham has already chopped Exia as much as he could. And is till going for the intent to kill everytime he fights 00
Actually Graham doenst give a fuck either he doesnt listen to anyone but himself nor does he hestitate to kill. For all that matters A-LAWS has no rules of engagement what so ever. They did not warn kataron they is gonna deploy automations did they? A-LAWS does what it wants. You guys need to stop making up stuff.
Rules of engagement also do not always limit options to fight in fact they enhance the ability to attack and the safety of men and also the effectiveness of attacks.
The meisters for one dont have any rules of engagement whatsoever.
the only one i see holding to the rules of engagement at this point is the federation and that would only be when attacking other countries. Whereas A-LAWS would just go in and shoot anyone they please.
And if you wanna say well yeah the meisters had plans to do this and that so thats a rules of engagement that ALi is been under rules of engagement just as much as he isnt attacking just because he is working as mercinarry and thus also falls under the so called rules of engagement.
Anyhow it still does not hold when talking about ruthlessness. AS the attack to kill on itself is ruthless. The reason why these rules exist is because they have objective. if the freaking objective is to capture you are not going kill. This even applies to ali so even he has his own restrictions just that you guys dont seem to know they exist for him.
About the buss being thrown at the enemy. Its very unlikely it would even make a difference seeing how any pilot could just fly away when its is thrown at to them. Dont really know what to make of that part^^
what do you mean with the one upmans?
anyway take Ali vs Setsuna and Tiera
Please tell me and those who do not know what you mean what Ali did in that fight what can be seen as ruthless.
anyway i bolded some parts in your quote
The 1st bolded part has to do either with preference/suit limits/tactic
2nd bold part has to do with piloting skills
3rd only uses -> deciding(the ability to decide whats best)
4th last resort because of some negative effect/special skill/putting more effort
So which of these have anything to do with Ruthless if i respond on someone saying otherwise it doesnt have to do with being self centered.
in fact none of these have to do with ruthlessness
im gonna close on this subject so ill just say the last this i wanted to say
set up children to fight wars didnt even feel shit about it
Ali killed civilians who could not fight back didnt see mecha. Nor does the entire city need to burn for that
Or killing Saji's sis who did not have an intend to fight or kill and killed her without remorse
These 3 things are ruthless
you cannot see look at an all out battle and pin what happened in azadistan or saji's sis to well ALi is ruthless so he would win. It has no logic in it whatsoever.
Burnining down some 3rd world country with technology thats way beyond their lvl did not require any skill what so ever. Graham would never do this not because he didnt think he could not do it but because he finds its stupid and dishonorable. This would not mean that if this was Grahams home town and Graham would go 200% seed mode he could not beat ali because ali is ruthless.
This entire ruthless argument has no solid proof and logic.
Last edited by wtfftw; 2008-12-07 at 08:08.
|2008-12-07, 08:57
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...What do you mean 'it has no logic', when, taking Ali's whole style of fighting into account, and, this:
|2008-12-07, 10:18
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I'm not going to lie, I'm really glad I asked who would win in a fight between Ali and Graham, even though it is a dream match that will most likely never come to fruition..
Reading wtf's responses.. is tiring to say the least.. but from what I can understand, and while episode 10 is all ready out, I'll still post this in 9.
The reason most people believe Ali's "ruthlessness" but I'd call it "savageness" would outshine Graham's "honor" is pretty simple. The most relevant thing I can think of are Samurais and Ninjas. Samurai's have the Bushido, and from my understanding, a part of respect is to never show your back to a fellow swordsman. To slash another Samurai in the back is considered a great dishonor. While for a Ninja, the only code a Ninja has is to assassinate his target. Whether he be sleeping, or doing it with a prostitute, a Ninja waits for his chance, and strikes when he's 100% sure of the kill.
While an attack from a Samurai is from the front, the attack of a Ninja is from the back. I don't believe a ninja really cares whether or not he killed his target in an unfair manner, because ultimately, it is one's own responsibility to take care of their own life. While for a Samurai this is a dishonor.
Ali is not beyond using dirty schemes to get advantages in a fight. It's especially apparent when he basically says, it's not his fault Lockon went into the fight with a bad right eye. But then we look at Graham, who fought Setsuna recently, and even though Gundam 00 was floating right infront of him, he did not want to win in this manner. This is an apparent difference in their two ideologies.
Of course, swordplay and mecha-warfare, are definitely different, Graham is (imo) above mindless killing and the slaughter of defenseless people, while Ali is the kind of man who thrives on it. While Graham has the spirit of a samurai warrior, Ali has the savagery of a wild beast.
The ruthlessness everyone is talking about is a definitive key in winning a battle. It's the difference between a moment's hesitation and an instant reaction. In sword match, if one of the players kicks sand in the other guy's eyes and then stabs him without skipping a beat, this is both experience, and a sense of ruthlessness. A will to do whatever it takes to win, and take whatever opportunity presents itself, even if it means playing dirty.
Intent to kill and ruthlessness are a completely different concept. Obviously when someone gets into a mech, as corny as it was.. Lelouch from CG said it really well, "Those who are prepared to be shot, shoot." Obviously everyone in this show has that the second they ride a mech. Mech vs Mech obviously everyone is willing to go for the kill, but you saw Ali shoot the Trinity brothers, and then fight one of them, even though he was shot.
Ok.. this is getting too long, so I'll wrap it up. For the reasons above, a moral code can get in the way of finishing a kill, aka Graham vs Setsuna, in episode.. 7.. I believe, or 8.. can't remember. A boxer who uses his elbows, or punches below the belt, has an advantage over someone who doesn't. It doesn't mean he will win, but it is an advantage. Ali is the guy who, when the ref isn't looking, hits behind the head, or gives a crotch shot, it's unfair, but that's his style. Aiming for weaknesses, like in Lockon's case is not a bad thing, in fact it's a rule in any sport, to aim for the weaknesses, but it's just a different of ideology in which Graham chooses to confront 100%. Meh I drifted in and out, if it doesn't make sense, whatever..
|2008-12-07, 12:32
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Graham doing ruthless things because somehow it supposed to do add an advantage might actually make him less effective
Those 3 things i quoted have to do with Ali being ruthless
Having no compassion or pity; merciless, feeling or showing no mercy, adjective merciless, hard, severe, fierce, harsh, cruel, savage, brutal, stern, relentless, adamant, ferocious, callous, heartless, unrelenting, inhuman, inexorable, remorseless, barbarous, pitiless, unfeeling, hard-hearted, without pity, unmerciful, unpitying, without pity a ruthless attack; a ruthless tyrant
All these points above apply in this show to killing or doing something harsh to someone else(basically war). In none of these does it say it will add you an advantage over enemies.
You have not been able to counter this
American soldier most of the time^^ do not go on just raiding villages. They are told only to fight soldier who can fight back.
SO ruthlessness has no meaning what so ever.
The 3 points about ALi are cases in which people cannot even do anything back. Thats why you view him as ruthless this does not have to do with piloting or being a better pilot or that he should have an advantage next battle. Yes you can say he won in killing innocent people i do not regard that as great.
@Tsukou the whole attack in the back your taking this out of proportion. If you go back in time and see feudal samurai war you will undoubtfully see 1 zerg of samurai attacking a smaller ground and just as easily killing them in the back
The whole attacking in the back has to do with either its a match to the death (a challange) or just when you have no beef with someone who then attacks you when you werent alert. That does not show how Graham vs ALi, Ali would get the upperhand.
What your saying is equivalent to Ali being a ninja on Graham. Graham who is just chilling in central park being shot by Ali. how does this has anyting to do with showing that Ali's savageness puts him above Graham is beyond me.
But what you can grasp is that one is not even targetting the other while the other intend is to kill.
Samurai's hate ninja due to the fact they attack unprovoked or when not expected. It does not tell how good each side is just that another takes an opportunity over the other. If however they are faced off against each other and anything goes. Then Graham would just as easily kick sand in someones face to win.
I have seen countless of good guys kick sand in an evil characters face just to win or take an advantage. Even in this ep you see CB use Smoke to take away the enemies vision. The enemy did not say how CHEAP was it to use SMOKE. The entire warfare is based on deception and deceiving.
Savageness or ruthlessness has nothing to with being a better pilot. If you wanna go about making savage moves if that is needed or crap like that.
Both Ali and Graham would use such. Moves in Fact Graham and Setsuna All tried to attack each other from the back to take the other down.
In fact fighting like a total savage can injure you more then you actually gain from it. Graham pretty much coughed blood because he was fighting like a madman in his pumped up suit.
The thing that can put someone above another is the bold parts I have stated those all over my post. Ruthless is not the same as not hesitating and instant reaction.
Having no compassion or pity not the same as not hesitating; merciless not the same as not hesitating, feeling or showing no mercy not the same as not hesitating, adjective merciless not the same as not hesitating, hard not the same as not hesitating, etc.
Someone that views himself as honorable can do something without hesitation he doesnt per se need to be ruthless to do something without hesitation.
This is why hesitation stands lose from ruthless
Tsukou Ill tell you why in war and in an all out battle between Graham and Ali all these things you say do not matter for in ep 15 S1 Graham found it dishonorable to fight with so many Suits against 4 suits Now he did not say he was not going to do it. He still fought. This shows that the whole RUthless and OOH mister Honorable does not hold when it comes to war both a ruthless person and honorable become equal when its about war => WAr is ruthless. All attacks used by either are to for the kill.
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|2008-12-07, 13:14
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Did anyone else notice when Graham and Billy were talking that Graham seemed to have understood how the battle would already turn out? I'm referring to him saying he had no interest in "ship to ship combat" and Billy being impressed that that he was that deep into strategy. I'm curious as to how good of a tactician Graham actually is.
|2008-12-08, 00:25
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The thing is, Graham doesn't go for the kill versus the 00. If he were, Setsuna would have been dead after their first fight.
The fact that he's only out to duel(similar to an honorable duel between two samurai/European nobles) the 00/Setsuna means that he will never resort to the same tactics that Ali would resort to using.
Of course the A-Laws wouldn't warn Kataron. A real-life equivalent of them giving Kataron a heads up would be like the US military warning Al-Qaeda that they're going to bomb one of their bases at an appointed time using X amount of planes and bombs. Specially considering that Kataron is the 00 universe's equivalent of <insert major terrorist group name here>, the A-Laws high command wouldn't want to risk their soldier's lives by sending them into a terrorist stronghold.
You already gave the answer regarding Ali's ruthlessness in the fight against Setsuna and Tieria. Toying with your opponents and mocking them is something that could be described as ruthless. As I said before, Ali absolutely revels in fighting and killing. By toying with both Meisters, he's savoring the moment.
By the way, if the three alliances that existed prior to the Earth Federation's founding didn't have an equivalent of the Geneva Convention, you'd see people using NBC weapons left and right with zero regard as to the consequences of using those types of weapons.
After the awesomeness of the Ion Cannon shot in ep.10, A-Laws has finally taken that crucial step towards being the big, bad military force that Sunrise, CB, and Kataron have been talking about.
|2008-12-08, 14:22
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Well if graham isnt going for the kill and ali is fooling around i see that pretty much as the same i guess.
Makes you wonder how graham actually would kill 00 would it have to be a double stab or some kind of wild wild west revolver ending like last season.
|2008-12-09, 11:40
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And no, I'm not saying this scenario will happen; only that this is the most probable situation.
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text: Student Profiles Mike Eldridge '10 Mike Eldridge '10 Majors: Physics, Religion; minor: Mathematics Hometown: Ellington, Connecticut Why did you choose to come to Bowdoin? By the time I looked into Bowdoin, I had already toured several colleges and had begun to feel the ennui of the college application process. Then, on my campus tour, I noticed the Joseph McKeen Center for the Common Good located in the chapel at the center of campus. As someone with a budding interest in the study of religion, the notion of the "Common Good" and the prominent positioning of the chapel struck me as a distinctly modernist attempt to reconcile the diversity of religious beliefs at Bowdoin with the desire to create an overarching moral system that students could subscribe to. I found myself mesmerized by this manifestation of secular religiosity. This fascination, along with the superior food and the stuffed polar bear in Morrell Gymnasium, set Bowdoin at the forefront of my options and ultimately lead me to come here. Why did you choose your major? The study of religion has been a longstanding interest of mine. I took Anthropology of Religion during the fall of my first year and found myself inundated by the intricate theories of thinkers like Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Clifford Geertz. With each theorist I found a new perspective on religious behavior and belief. The sheer variety of perspectives, places, and peoples that the study of religion encompasses has continued to pique my interest throughout my time at Bowdoin. While I have been interested in religion for as long as I can remember, I first discovered physics during my junior year of high school. I found it intensely interesting, but also found myself humbled by the difficulty of the subject. When I arrived at Bowdoin, I decided to try it again, and as before, found it both challenging and captivating. After taking three or four courses I realized that its siren combination of challenge and reward had ensnared me, and decided to complete the physics major. What has been a course you especially enjoyed at Bowdoin? During the spring of my sophomore year I took History of Film II with Professor Tricia Welsch. I went into it knowing virtually nothing about film and came out with an acute awareness of just how little I had previously known. Film studies requires a blend of technical knowledge and interpretive skill, rewarding its pursuant with a far deeper understanding of cinema than the average moviegoer achieves. During the course's weekly film screenings, I felt like I had been reading nothing but Hemingway novels all my life and had suddenly stumbled upon the collected works of William Shakespeare. We covered an immense amount of material, everything from the first talkies to Italian Neorealism and French New Wave cinema. What professor or professors have especially inspired you during your time at Bowdoin? Professor Thomas Baumgarte of the physics department has had enormous impact on my education. During my junior spring, I took Professor Baumgarte's course on General Relativity, Albert Einstein's notoriously difficult theory of space, time, and gravitation. As I knew Professor Baumgarte did his research in general relativity, I expected that he possessed a deep understanding of the subject, yet his teaching ability nevertheless surprised me. With grace and humor, he presented general relativity in terms that rendered difficult concepts clear and comprehensible. In the midst of a lecture on Christoffel symbols he dryly warned us that attempting to gather experimental evidence of general relativity by venturing into a black hole could have potentially deleterious effects on our health. Only through tutoring physics have I come to fully appreciate his teaching ability. While learning about and understanding complex concepts certainly takes a great deal of effort, relating the same concept to another person clearly but without simplifying takes mastery. Men's rugby team beats Bates in the pouring rain. What extracurricular or work experiences have you had at Bowdoin? The men's rugby team has shaped my Bowdoin experience by diversifying my group of friends and connecting me to Bowdoin's past and future through interaction with alumni and underclassmen respectively. Experiencing firsthand the collective effervescence of victory after months of training has left me with some of my best memories of Bowdoin. This past fall, in 50 degree weather and pouring rain, we beat Bates for the first time in my Bowdoin career. The memory of standing on the pitch dripping wet and covered in mud, with my arms around my teammates, will stay with me for years. In the fall of my junior year, I began taking Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes at a local gym. I had wrestled on the varsity team in high school and Jiu Jitsu seemed liked a good way to further my grappling skills. As I expected, my grappling has certainly progressed since I began taking classes, but an unanticipated benefit has been getting to know members of the Brunswick community. Knowing people outside Bowdoin has increased my sense of connection to Brunswick. I've worked both for Moulton Union Dining Hall and the physics department. Since my sophomore year, I've done physics grading and tutoring. Working for the physics department has helped me understand how deep and multifaceted a professor's understanding of a problem must be in order to successfully help a student who doesn't quite get it. As far as Moulton goes, I never imagined the fun I'd have working at a dining hall. The Moulton employees make working an enjoyable and entertaining experience, though I do feel a little bit guilty every time I eat at Thorne. Mike leading a Pre-Orientation trip in the Rangeley Lakes region of Maine. Aside from working and athletic undertakings, I've also lead a Pre-Orientation trip, participated in the College House System as a member of Quinby House, and contributed to The Bowdoin Orient as a biweekly columnist. What have you done during your summers? After my first year at Bowdoin, I lived at home and worked for a local contractor doing roofing, putting up drywall, and other home renovation work. While I enjoyed the work and learned a great deal of practical knowledge, I decided to seek more academically oriented employment for the next summer. Towards the end of my sophomore year, I applied to a number of Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) programs around the country. The REU program at Princeton University selected my application, and I spent the summer researching non-linear optics in New Jersey. I enjoyed the opportunity to meet other undergraduates who shared my interest in scientific research, as well experiencing research in a large university setting. This past summer, I applied for and received a Surdna Fellowship through Bowdoin to do summer research in general relativity. Working with Professor Baumgarte, I looked for analytic solutions to maximal slicings of the height function for the Kerr metric. Roughly speaking, I examined properties of spinning black holes. Having worked in a larger and more impersonal research setting the previous summer, I enjoyed the individual assistance I received working closely with Professor Baumgarte I also had a great time living at Bowdoin during the summer. To my surprise, rather than closing down, Bowdoin merely slows a bit during the break. So, while I spent most of the workweek researching, I also made sure to take time to enjoy the Maine summer, punctuating my work with cookouts, visits to the coast, and ice cream from Cote's. What is your best Bowdoin memory? At the start of this school year, my housemates and I needed to furnish our residence, so we decided to take a trip to the closest Ikea, in Boston. We drove down, got lost in the cavernous Ikea warehouse, ate the requisite Swedish meatballs, and stopped at Costco to get other necessary household supplies. On the way back, a container of laundry detergent exploded in the back of my car, leaving a film of soap and a potent floral fragrance. The bizarre part of the story is that this made a positive impression in my mind. In the midst of the chaos I think I realized that the friendships I've made at Bowdoin can transcend circumstance. What are your plans for after graduation? After graduating from Bowdoin, I plan to continue studying physics at the graduate level. I'm unsure exactly what area of physics I want to focus on, or what I want to do with it, so I currently plan on working in a science- or technology-related industry before applying to grad school. What advice would you give to a prospective student or first-year about the Bowdoin experience? Try new things. Most organizations at Bowdoin are accepting enough to take new members regardless of where they are in their college careers. I didn't consider joining rugby until sophomore year, doing Jiu Jistu until junior year, or co-authoring an Orient column until senior year. It's great to stick with a long-term interest, but at least at Bowdoin, it's also never too late to start something new. What quirky or fun thing do you wish you had known before you came to Bowdoin? When you're looking for a cup of coffee at Moulton or Thorne and it appears they've run out, don't be fooled. If you press down enough on the spout to tip the metal pot forward, you can almost always get another cup. This trick has saved me on many occasions. Story posted on February 10, 2010 « Back | More Student Profiles | Go to News Home


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Taiwan's claim of sovereignty over the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台) is likely to be both "difficult and challenging," a Washington conference was told on Wednesday.
Former deputy US assistant secretary of state for East Asia Randy Schriver said that of the three claimants to the islands, Taiwan was by far the smallest and held the least national power.
"And if you look historically, small claimants don't tend to do well when disputes heat up," he said.
"Taiwan has a difficult road to navigate between its most important economic partner, the People's Republic of China [PRC], and its most important security partners, Japan and the alliance," he said.
"It is extremely delicate," he said.
Shriver told the conference on "Taiwan's Approach to Escalating Sovereignty Disputes in East Asia" held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, that "elections and selections" in Japan, China, the US and South Korea could make things even more complex.
"With all of these things bubbling up, you are talking about a hyper-charged environment informed by domestic politics," he said.
The convener of the national security division at the National Policy Foundation, Stephen Chen (陳錫蕃), laid out Taiwan's sovereignty claims to the islands in detail at the conference.
However, Shriver said Taiwan was the only claimant that lacked an internal consensus on the issue.
"There is strong consensus in Japan, there is strong consensus in the PRC, but there is no consensus in Taiwan that they should be a claimant and should be trying to assert sovereignty," he said.
On the more positive side, Shriver said that Taiwan was not facing an election and could be more flexible, had put forward a five point initiative that could set or drive the agenda and had the most clear bottom line, which for Taiwan was fisheries.
All of this could lead to a pathway to negotiation and resolution, he said.
Shriver said the situation might become clearer next spring when, elections over, political leaders would start thinking about "governance rather than campaigning."
At that time, he said, things might calm down and the US could intensify its diplomacy, leaving Taiwan with a role "if it plays its cards correctly."
The director of the East Asia Program at the Stimson Center, Alan Romberg, said the island issue was complicated and the history was "obviously in very significant dispute."
Romberg said that President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) had put forward suggestions he hoped would be a catalyst for peaceful management of disputes in both the East and South China Seas.
However, in trying to enhance Taiwan's sovereignty claims, Ma, driven by domestic politics, went beyond the suggestions and peace plan by "encouraging and praising" a flotilla of fishing and coast guard boats that approached the islands and became involved in a water- canon fight with Japanese vessels.
"What Ma wants to achieve is a good fishing result [in negotiations with Japan] that will be acceptable to the fishing interests in Taiwan," Romberg said.
He said that Ma's peace initiative was generally consistent with US views and that no one expected Taiwan to give up sovereignty claims.
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He said the flotilla movement was clearly not a military action and that Taipei had no intention of creating lasting tensions with Tokyo.


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The big speeches are done. It's almost time to go.
In just a few minutes, Pope Benedict XVI meets with his cardinals this morning on the day he heads into retirement. No major speech is expected during his morning farewell with his closest advisers, just a simple greeting to each one inside the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace.
Shortly before 5 p.m. local time, Benedict will leave the palace for the last time as pope, head to the helipad on the top of the hill in the Vatican gardens and fly to the papal retreat south of Rome. And there, at 8 p.m. — the exact moment Benedict's resignation goes into effect — the doors of the palazzo will close and the Swiss Guards in attendance will go off duty, their service protecting the pope now finished.
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Bill McKibben: This Is Getting Exciting
This is starting to get exciting.
Five or six of us are hunched around a table in a small Washington office, shouting into phones and pecking away at keyboards as we count down toward the Saturday beginning of what looks like it will be the largest civil disobedience protest in the history of the American environmental movement.
We've got 2,000 people signed up to come to Washington and get arrested outside the White House between August 20 and September 3, all in an effort to persuade President Obama not to grant a permit for a new pipeline from the tar sands of Canada.
As momentum builds, we're hearing from the famous and powerful: the wonderful Bernie Sanders just offered up a blogpost pointing out how many more jobs we'd create if we concentrated on clean energy; and the dynamic actor Mark Ruffalo chipped in a heartfelt video imploring people to head to Washington for the protest.
But it's just as exciting to see the stream of inspiring commitments coming in from four Montana grandmothers (one of whom just happens to be Margot Kidder, otherwise known as Lois Lane), or a New York City college student who felt the hope of Obama's 2008 victory, and also a little of the frustration many of us have shared since, pointing out the many times the president has "backed down from what could have been transformative confrontations with the defenders of the status quo." Which is exactly why so many of us will be wearing our Obama '08 buttons when we get arrested: we want desperately to conjure up the surge of joy that came with that campaign.
For me, though, the big thrill of the day was seeing a blog post from my junior high school biology teacher, Fran Ludwig. She's emerged in recent years as a great Massachusetts leader of the climate movement, and she managed to capture perfectly the message we're trying to spread.
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How you can get involved in the one of the most important climate struggles happening in North America.
She says, "I'm going to Washington and risking arrest because, in spite of the efforts of concerned individuals and communities to live in a more sustainable way, government policy is the only way to achieve the large-scale change we need to avert the worst outcome of rampant climate change. The approval of the Keystone XL is exclusively up to President Obama. I hope to add my presence to thousands of others in Washington (and hundreds of thousands in the U.S. and across the planet) to say: Enough! We need to take a stand against fossil fuel now!!"
By Saturday morning, if all goes according to plan, I'll be in jail, along with the first wave of a hundred or so protesters. But by no means the last—we'll keep this protest alive till Labor Day Weekend, and then hand it off to the Canadians, who plan mass civil disobedience of their own in September.
And did I tell you we just heard from friends in Turkey? They're planning to deliver their protest to the Canadian consulate this weekend—and they've spurred many others around the world in the same direction.
As I said, it's starting to get interesting. If you want in on the fun, go to tarsandsaction.org
During his sentencing, activist Tim DeChristopher had the opportunity to speak, at length, to the court. This is what he said.
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PROVO — Martin MacNeill was at work or shuttling his daughter between home and school on the morning his wife was found dead in the bathtub and is not responsible for her alleged murder.
That's the alibi defense attorneys will begin to mount on Thursday when MacNeill's murder trial begins in Provo's 4th District Court.
The trial is the first in Utah to have a continuously recording video camera in the courtroom so that footage can be made available for media outlets, a court spokesman said.
Michele MacNeill, 50, was found dead by her youngest daughter on April 11, 2007. Her husband wasn't charged with any crime until almost three years later, after the state medical examiner's office reconsidered its initial finding and ruled the death "suspicious."
MacNeill has pleaded not guilty to murder, a first-degree felony, and obstruction of justice, a second degree felony. If he is convicted of the crimes by the jury of six men and five women, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. The jury was selected late Wednesday.
The alibi: MacNeill wasn't there
In court papers filed last month, defense attorney Randall Spencer contends that MacNeill arrived at work between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. on April 11, leaving only briefly to take his daughters to school. The documents say MacNeill then returned to his job as the clinical director of the Utah State Developmental Center, where he stayed until picking up daughter Ada, then 6, at 11:30 a.m. to take her home for the day. It was Ada who first discovered her mother in the tub.
An expert for the prosecution believes Michele MacNeill died between 11:24 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., when MacNeill was elsewhere, Spencer said Wednesday following the jury selection.
"He wasn't there," Spencer said, noting that MacNeill's alibi is only one aspect of their case.
MacNeill's whereabouts that day can be corroborated by at least three co-workers and phone records from the Utah State Developmental Center and a cellphone carrier, the defense documents state.
Utah County prosecutors dispute the alibi and claim in charging documents that there are "periods of time when (MacNeill's) whereabouts are unknown," and note that the travel time between the family home, the children's school and MacNeill's office is only about five minutes.
An employee at the developmental center also filed a complaint against MacNeill because he was acting "belligerent and nervous" that day, according to investigators. That employee said Martin was "very insistent" that she take a photograph of him "so that people would know that he was present," court documents state.
Details of the case
Prosecutors contend MacNeill used a dangerous cocktail of four painkillers — prescribed a week earlier after Michele had plastic surgery — to over-medicate his wife of nearly 30 years and render her incapable of walking or responding to threats to her safety.
Investigators believe MacNeill capitalized on the surgery to acquire the drugs and used his skills as a physician to make the death appear accidental. They believe MacNeill killed his wife so that he could start a new life with his longtime mistress, Gypsy Willis.
MacNeill voluntarily surrendered his medical license in 2009.
Prosecutors also contend MacNeill worked to conceal evidence by disturbing evidence at the scene by draining the tub and removing his wife's pants. He's also accused of lying to a 911 dispatcher about performing CPR and to a medical examiner about the position of Michele's body when she was found. Investigators say MacNeill also asked his son's girlfriend to toss out the medications his wife had been taking before her death.
"The defendants' statement and actions compromised the investigation and deflected suspicions from him," the charging documents state. "Moreover, (MacNeill's) misrepresentations and staging of the scene created the appearance that Michele's death was an accident."
Prosecutors have a list of nearly 60 witnesses, including most of MacNeill's daughters, who may be called in order to make their case, court records show. Willis will also testify.
On Wednesday they asked Judge Derek Pullan for permission to bring in a bathtub similar to the one in the MacNeill home and a mannequin that is similar in size to the victim for demonstrative purposes so that witnesses could better describe what they saw. Defense attorneys expressed concern over how its use might prejudice a jury.
Pullan said he wanted look at the tub with attorneys before making a decision, but also said its use could be inflammatory.
"Actually putting a body in the tub would cross a line I am uncomfortable with," he said.
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Amar Singh, Jaya Prada seek pardon for Sanjay Dutt
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) Former Samajwadi party leader Amar Singh and party MP Jaya Prada Tuesday called on Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan seeking pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt, who has been sentenced to five years in jail.
The Supreme Court March 21 upheld Dutt's conviction for illegal possession of arms in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blast case.
In a representation to the governor, Jaya Prada said Dutt had been absolved of terrorism charges. She urged him to exercise his discretionary power to grant the actor relief citing his background, contribution to cinema and good conduct in the last 20 years.
Stating that many other eminent people including Press Council of India chairman Markandey Katju have sought pardon for Dutt, the representation said he hailed from a family that has served the nation.
A letter from Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, a Gandhian ashram from the state, was also attached with the representation.
It said the ashram appreciated the fact that through his cinematic art, Dutt has propagated the message of Mahatma Gandhi, which had a visible influence on the life of young generation.
Amar Singh and Jaya Prada earlier met Dutt, who was given four weeks' time by the court to surrender.


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If you've been using plant material and wildflowers that are native to your local area, you've been in the eco-green movement for a while, although you may not have realized it. Now, more than ever, 'going green' is a growing, positive trend in our industry. The terms 'going native,' eco-green, sustainable—you understand them; however, there are many landscape contractors who don't. Going native is now being heard, perhaps nowhere as loudly as within the green industry.
There are many parts to the 'green' movement. One part involves the use of organic materials wherever possible; another is not using chemicals at all.
Still another is water conservation. More than 25 years ago, the word 'xeriscaping' was coined to promote the use of drought-tolerant plants in a landscape environment. A xeriscape landscape means using plants that require little water, and either cutting down on the size of the lawns or eliminating them altogether.
Turning away from fossil fuels and towards tools that run on clean energy, such as propane and natural gas, solar power, battery power, and yes, even old-fashioned human "sweat power" is another facet of going green.
Installing landscapes using native plants and wildflowers is a large part of this movement. Rather than following the traditional approach, planting whatever we want, no matter where the plants come from, or the amount of water and chemicals it takes to keep them alive, the sustainable philosophy opts for local sourcing. The idea here is that plants that evolved in a certain environment naturally thrive in that place, needing few or no "crutches" to keep them going once they're established.
It's roughly analogous to the plight of us as humans, should we ever get to Mars. We didn't evolve there and we'd die there without a cumbersome life-support system to keep us going. Well, the same is true of plants, says the native landscape movement.
Why go native?
Green industry professionals who work with native plants and wildflowers are downright evangelistic about it. Neil Diboll, owner and president of Prairie Nursery in Westfield, Wisconsin, certainly is. His passion for designing and planting native landscapes and meadows began 31 years ago, "before it was cool."
"We were outcasts and weirdos," he continues. "People would say, 'Why do you want to do that?'" His motivation was based on ecological concerns, a desire to preserve the gene pool of the native Midwest prairie flowers and grasses, many of which were becoming quite rare.
"What are the benefits of native landscapes? Many, many, many," enthuses Reed Spector, owner of Austin, Texas-based Austin Native Landscaping. "First and foremost, it's sustainable. We don't have to go very far to get the seed, and the seed knows where it is and how to behave, so it's easier. And because there's such a variety of native plants, these landscapes are quite beautiful during every season. They contribute to the idea of nature as a place, versus merely a space."
It's less expensive
Lower cost is another plus of going native, although maybe not right at the beginning. "Upfront expenses are typically equal to or more than a traditional turf," says Diboll. "The real savings are on maintenance and mowing. You don't have to fertilize or put pesticides down—all the things that you have to do with a lawn."
"The break-even point usually comes somewhere during the second year," says Diboll. "From there on out, it's an annual savings. If you look at the lifecycle-costing model, even with a 20-year lifecycle, you've still got 18 years of significant savings."
It saves water
Native plants also use less water. "You don't have to put in an irrigation system," adds Diboll. "That's a huge savings, both upfront and longterm." He points out that in the Midwest, in lieu of normal rainfall, most residences will put down about four inches of water per week.
Not surprisingly, the extraordinary drought of the summer of 2012 brought Diboll some new customers. "It was brutal, and killed people's lawns, but it was good for our business," as some of those folks opted to plant natives rather than re-sod. "With the prairie plants, most of them never really looked stressed. The vast majority of them came through the drought with flying colors."
"It's amazing," Diboll continues. "It's almost as if the plants said to themselves, 'We'll look pretty ratty here for the month of July, while it's 108 degrees with no rain for six weeks, but we won't die, and we'll be back again next year!'"
Patience, please
Native landscapes take longer to prepare for and get established. It can take two, three, even as many as five years for all the native plants and biennial and perennial wildflowers to really come into their own.
"That's often too long for people to wait," says Simon Barker, director of native horticulture and co-owner of Native Landscape Solutions, Inc., in St. Louis, Missouri. "They lose interest and kind of give up. There's not the level of commitment to get it to the point where it really works." Clients who opt for native landscapes need to be educated about how long it actually takes and reassured that it'll be worth the wait.
A 'natural' look, or just a 'weedy' one?
There's a common fear that people have, particularly when it comes to replacing lawns with natives, that the result will be a front yard that looks unkempt, like a vacant lot. They may be afraid of getting complaints from neighbors or their homeowners association (HOA).
"One of the bigger hurdles we've had to overcome is that native plantings haven't always been done well, and tended to be literally, weedy," said Barker. "Whoever planted them lacked the skill or knowledge of how to control that."
Diboll admits that the native look isn't for everyone. "There are some people who will just never want to do this, those who don't like the 'natural' look. Those people are not our customers. We understand that, and that's fine."
Even so, he's found ways to counter this objection. "I can design a garden using native wildflowers and grasses, primarily flowers, that'll just knock your eyeballs out. You wouldn't know it wasn't an English garden, except that the plants would be different species. You wouldn't have cool-season plants, such as delphiniums, that are commonly used in England, but there are some pretty good substitutes that will give a similar feel and look."
Diboll also 'paints' with flowers. "I'll drift some different colors of flower plants, some here, and some there, to create areas of interest. You can create a whole look by doing that, so it doesn't look like some kind of crazy mess."
He says that the 'weedy look' can come from the use of seed mixes. "The plants just show up where the plants want to show up. To the human eye, it doesn't make sense. There is a kind of logic to the way plants orient themselves that makes perfectly good sense ecologically. But it doesn't meet the standard concept of what people think a garden should look like."
It comes down to two different methodologies, according to Diboll. One is making gardens using transplants; and two, making meadows using seeds. The results will be strikingly different, with the meadows appearing chaotic. Even so, he contends, seed mixes, properly used, can result in a true prairie look.
"We like to think that a xeriscaped look can be quite clean, or as manicured as an English garden," says Spector. "I'm probably biased, but we've installed plenty of designs that varied in their aesthetics, between a West Texas desert look and a more manicured look."
For clients who want a more formal look, Barker (who happens to be English) offers different levels of plantings, "We'll do beds of native plants, and keep them immaculately weeded so they perform really well, essentially using native plants in a traditional type of setting. And that's tidy enough for some people. It's not really a native ecosystem, but it is using natives in a highly gardened kind of normal way."
As for the regulations of the HOAs, Spector says the law is on his side, at least in Texas. "They passed a law last year that says HOAs can no longer prohibit people from putting in native landscapes or xeriscapes."
Not strictly residential
You may be thinking, "This native landscape thing may be fine for homeworkers, but my commercial clients won't want any part of it." Not so, says Diboll. He admits that when he began doing native landscapes, his clients were strictly residential. But that changed.
"Business owners had no clue as to how this could benefit them. Slowly but surely, they started realizing that the expense of mowing their huge, expansive lawns wasn't working out so well for them. Even for a business that has its own equipment, there's not only time, labor and gas, but wear and tear on that equipment and the price of maintaining it. All of that adds up quite rapidly, " explains Diboll.
"I started getting jobs with golf courses. Then more and more corporate work started coming in. Once commercial clients started to see what coulf be done with this, and they saw the actual cost savings associated with it, my business really started to take off."
Site preparation is crucial
"The biggest pitfall to planting natives is improper site preparation," says Diboll. "You can have weeds still on the site, especially perennial rhizomes. There might be a long history of weeds and bazillions of seeds in the ground."
So how do you kill them? "Quite frankly, the most common method and the most cost-effective one is to use glyphosate herbicides. Most of our customers are fine with that."
Spector doesn't use any chemicals, but Barker does use herbicides, especially during site prep. "We're not organic; we do use herbicides as a tool to create natural habitats. We use them to kill the exotics, the non-natives or sometimes even natives if they're invasive, in order to create a perfect community, a complete ecosystem."
Smothering is a non-chemical technique Diboll has used very successfully. You cover the weedy area with large pieces of cardboard with compost on top, and keep it there for an entire growing season. Most perennial weeds will be killed. The cardboard biodegrades, and the compost remains.
You also need to find out what kind of soil is on the site. "We look at what's already growing there," says Diboll. "That tells us what plants can successfully get established. We can overcome most soil issues by selecting the right plants, and in some cases, amending the soil."
Diboll uses cover crops to amend the soil organically and at low cost, particularly on a big meadow installation. "Two years of a buckwheat/winter wheat rotation really helps break up heavy clay soil and adds organic matter."
It increases biodiversity and helps pollinators
Diboll notes that only recently have people given any thought to attracting pollinators to their gardens. "People didn't want bees. Well, one-third of our foods are pollinated by bees. Most people still don't get that."
"A lot of native pollinators and very small insects are actually pretty specifically tied to certain ecosystems, even certain species of plants," says Barker. "Some of the native pollinators only pollinate one genus or species, and then go dormant for the rest of the year."
"There are a lot of things that are tied in with each other, and if there's not enough biodiversity then things don't work right," adds Barker. Scientists have been voicing concern lately that the combined effect of development and agriculture has reduced forage for pollinators, contributing to their demise. And one leads to another. Little creatures are food sources for bigger ones, like birds, for instance. "No bugs, no birds," says Diboll. "People forget that."
Interest is growing
You'd expect a town like Austin, known for its youngish, progressive population, to be more open to the native approach than the rest of Texas might be. Spector says that while that's probably so, "I've been surprised by people's knowledge of sustainable landscaping outside of Austin." He thinks that may be due to the severe drought that hit Texas hard last year. It brought more customers to his door. "We had plenty of clients call and say something along the lines of, 'Take the lawn out, especially the St. Augustine grass. Do it over, and make it look like the Texas Hill Country (known for its wildflowers), please.'" "I believe that it's similar to the organic foods movement," adds Spector. "In almost any city now, one can buy something organic, or at least know what the word means."
Education is key
Diboll has some advice for landscape contractors who want to get into natives, and that is, educate yourself, and then pass that knowledge along to your clients. He does that with all his customers, whether they are fellow landscape contractors, homeowners, or corporations.
"We do a huge amount of handholding, although I hate to use that word. Education is a better one. As I've told our employees, 'Education is our number-one product. We also sell plants and seeds.'" "We want to make sure our customers have success," he continues.
"For people who've never done this before, it can be quite daunting, because it's such a totally different approach. We want to make sure that we cover all the possible pitfalls and address them prior to the actual installation."
If you take the time to learn everything you can about natives and wildflowers—and there's lots to learn—before you start planting them, your chances of success will be much greater. Like a native garden itself, start slow, but be thorough, and you and you clients will end up with great-looking landscapes that fit in with the local area, and save resources as well. Now, that's worth going native, don't you think?


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Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration - These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon - These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation - These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
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In this inquiry activity, teams of students are challenged with engineering a greenhouse heat trap for use with exotic plants. The investigation requires thermometers, plastic wrap, and a shoebox for each team. Students graph data and determine the... (View More) effectiveness of their design. This activity is supported by a textbook chapter, Atmospheric Energy, part of the unit, Energy Flow, in Global Systems Science (GSS), an interdisciplinary course for high school students that emphasizes how scientists from a wide variety of fields work together to understand significant problems of global impact. (View Less)
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Assuming the role of a meteorologist, students will proclaim one month as "Thunderstorm season" for their chosen study area. This decision will be based on analysis of deep convective cloud data downloaded from the Live Access Server. This lesson... (View More) uses student- and citizen science-friendly microsets of authentic NASA Earth system science data from the MY NASA DATA project. It also includes related links, extensions, and an online glossary. (View Less)
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This is a building-wide enrichment program consisting of a series of posters and accompanying questions designed to pique student interest in science concepts and their application to the world in which we live. Accompanying each poster is a series... (View More) of question sheets of increasing difficulty levels that students answer and submit at a designated location (collection box, office, etc.). Random prize drawings can be used to recognize/celebrate student participation. The purpose is to expose students to and create school-wide interest about science so students want to "STOP for Science" as displays are changed throughout the year. Although the focus is building-wide, content can be linked to classrooms through use of accompanying teacher resource guides. The website includes several resources for program facilitators, including posters, answer sheets, podcasts, implementation guide and webinars for facilitators. The program targets grades 3-6 for independent use, but can be used with grades K-2 with adult or upper grade level assistance. Each poster in the series stands alone and is not tied to concepts in other posters. Therefore, posters can be displayed in any sequence desired. (View Less)
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It's that time of year again everyone. No, not the January transfer window. Well, yes, that too; but this is the time of year for the obligatory "it's rather cold" tweets.
Today it's the turn of Norwich City midfielder Anthony Pilkington and Raheem Sterling to express their dismay at the cold snap.
As well as that, Wilfried Zaha sets the record straight, Rio Ferdinand reacts to Pep Guardiola's move to Bayern Munich and Jason Roberts comes over all cultural.
Treat yourselves and warm up with today's Word on the Tweet...
"Travel arrangements up in the air!! This snow is causing havoc!! -9 at carrow road while we were Training #Freezing"
Anthony Pilkington clearly isn't a big fan of the chilly Norfolk weather.
"Morning tweeeps abit of breakfast then training #freezing"
The question is: Did Raheem Sterling go for a warm breakfast option? Porridge perhaps? An important question, you'll agree.
"The names 'Zaha' not 'Saha'"
Manchester United and Arsenal target Wilfried Zaha making things clear. Wanting everyone to know his name before a big move from Crystal Palace, perhaps?
"The news yesterday of Pep going to Bayern Munich was a shock...until you step back and think why...stability, organised, competitive in CL"
Rio Ferdinand sees Pep Guardiola and Bayern Munich as a match made in heaven.
"I understand, altough we are all generally disappointed, we really do need to focus on the league, that's the most important thing at the mo"
West Ham striker Carlton Cole echoes the sentiment of most of the Hammers players and fans after their FA Cup defeat to Manchester United.
"I wonder how some Classical music will go down in the Gym..... Hmmmmmmmm......"
WOTT has been reading its copy of "How to Make Friends and Influence Footballers", Jason Roberts, and it can't remember the chapter about blasting Beethoven at them...
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Birmingham City hotshot Nathan Redmond takes in-demand goalkeeper Jack Butland with him as they take in some of the 'other' football.
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From their marriage in 1764 until the summer of 1768 the Austen family lived in Deane parsonage. The three older Austen sons, James, George and Edward were all born here, before the family moved to Steventon.
"John by divine Permission, Bishop of Winchester to the Venerable / Thomas Balguy DD. Archdeacon of Winchester or to his Official or any other person or / Persons having or who shall have authority legally to execute what is underwritten, greeting. /
Whereas we have admitted George Austen Clerk Batchelor of Divinity to the Rectory of the Parish-Church of Dean / In the County of Southampton within our Diocese and Jurisdiction, / Vacant by the Death of William Hillman Clerk the last / Incumbent there, to which he was presented to us by Francis Austen of Sevenoaks in the / County of Kent Esquire Patron of the said Rectory for this turn (as it is asserted)/ And have canonically Instituted / Him in and to the same, and invested him with all and singular the Rights, Members, and Appurtenances /
Thereunto belonging: We do therefore empower and strictly require you, jointly and severally to induct, or / Cause the said George Austen or his lawful Proxy in his Name, and for him, / To be inducted into the real, actual and corporal Possession of the said Rectory and Parish / Church of Dean and of all and singular the Rights, / Members and Appurtenances thereunto belonging, and to defend him so inducted, and what shall be herein / Done, by virtue of this our present Mandate, Ye are duly to certify to us or our Vicar-General or his / Surrogate, or some other competent Judge in this behalf, when duly required to do so. Dated under our / Seal (which in this Case we use) the First Day of April in the Year / Of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and seventy three and in the Twelfth Year Of our Translation"
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The most lasting result of seeing The Lunchbox is an intense desire for Indian food. In fact, here's an idea for a great evening out — a screening of this movie, followed by a long, sumptuous dinner at a good Indian restaurant. Beyond that, The Lunchbox is a mixed affair, mostly a pleasure, but with a non-ending ending that will leave many frustrated.
It's a story grounded in India's elaborate lunch system, in which bicycle carriers deliver home-cooked meals to men at their workplace. Nimrat Kaur plays a young, unloved wife who tries to rekindle her husband's passion through her cooking, but her lunches keep getting delivered to another man — Saajan (Irrfan Khan), a stern fellow nearing retirement. Over the course of several weeks, these two lonely people open up to each other through a series of notes, delivered back and forth in the lunch box.
There's a sensuous undertone throughout The Lunchbox. The food glistens. Have you ever seen string beans glowing? (At one point, when a co-worker starts eating half of his food, I wanted Saajan to stab him with a fork.) And Kaur, though the movie tries to tone down her beauty with plain-Jane clothes and makeup, is as ripe and gorgeous as the food.
But it's hard to know what to make of Khan as Saajan. Khan has the looks and dignity of a major star, but he is only in his 40s, while Saajan is supposed to be retiring after 35 years. So is Saajan supposed to be in his 50s? Then at one point, he says that his room smells like an old man's room, so is he supposed to be older than that? It would help to be able to tell, because the whole film consists of building an audience's desire for the two central characters to meet, and we can see, plainly, that the wife is young, probably in her early 30s. We're rooting for something — it would help to know what exactly we're rooting for.
Like a lot of movies, but especially foreign films, The Lunchbox has a central idea and winning characters, and it builds a compelling situation. But it never really transcends its gimmick: Wouldn't it be interesting if two people met through a lunch box? Well, yes, it would. But what happens then? Please go back and work on the screenplay for another few weeks, and let us know.
Fortunately, The Lunchbox survives better than most films suffering from this common failing, because of its lush atmosphere, but also because it keeps the audience hoping that the story will pay off. For this reason, The Lunchbox is better as an experience than as a memory. When you're watching it, you can still believe it might actually be heading somewhere.
In English and Hindi with English subtitles.
Exclusive: Landmark Magnolia, Dallas; Angelika Plano
Director: Ritesh Batra
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Nimraut Kaur
Rated: PG (thematic material, smoking)
Running time: 104 min.