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WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman has announced that an additional $600,000 in Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (WHIP) funds will help landowners in 21 states improve fish and wildlife habitat on their private lands. This is in addition to the $33.3 million in fiscal year 2004 WHIP funding announced early this year.
"This program focuses on helping landowners voluntarily develop or enhance fish and wildlife habitat on their land," Veneman said. "It offers farmers and ranchers an opportunity to meet their production needs in ways that are compatible with providing fish and wildlife habitat."
States receiving the additional funds are Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.
Through WHIP, USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) provides financial and technical assistance to interested landowners and others to develop upland, wetland, riparian and aquatic habitat areas on their property. The program provides full flexibility to landowners, offering 5- to 10-year agreements and, with exception, one-year and 15-year or longer agreements.
WHIP can help reverse the trend in the decline of available fish and wildlife habitat and contribute to the recovery of many of the nation's species that currently are at risk. For example:
In Ventura County, Calif., a riparian/wetland restoration area is a major corridor to the ocean and is home to the endangered willow flycatcher and Least Bell's Vireo. The funds will be used to restore the area to native plants, including willows and other native forbs and grasses, that will enhance its use by wildlife.
Since WHIP began in 1998, 14,700 participants have enrolled about 2.3 million acres into the program. Additional information on WHIP is available at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/whip.


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Arkansas Congressman Marion Berry will join Memphis cotton merchant William Dunavant, Riceland Foods President Richard Bell, National Cotton Council director of legislative affairs John Maguire, and Mississippi producer Kenneth Hood as speakers for this year's Ag Update sessions at the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show.
Bell, Maguire, and Dunavant will be on the Friday, March 2, program at 8:30 a.m. in the lobby meeting room of the Cook Convention Center, Memphis.
Berry and Hood will speak Saturday morning, March 3, at 8:30 a.m. in the same room.
"With a new administration in Washington and a new farm bill debate due to crank up this year, we feel fortunate to have two keen participants in the legislative process on our program," says Lee Todd, executive vice president of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association and manager of the annual show. "Rep. Berry and John Maguire have a lot of experience in the Washington political process, and they will be able to give Mid-South farmers an insight into what may be coming in terms of legislation, regulation, etc.
"In the crops marketing arena, Billy Dunavant for cotton and Dick Bell for grains have a broad knowledge of the factors affecting U.S. and world markets, and growers are always interested in what they have to say."
Mississippi producer-ginner-businessman Kenneth Hood will round out the Ag Update sessions with a discussion on the realities and economics of precision farming. "Kenneth is one of the nation's top producers and has been in the forefront of a lot of agricultural technology," Todd says. "His firsthand experience will give growers an insight into the advantages, problems, and costs of some of these technologies.
"There will be a lot of relevant, timely information in these Friday and Saturday sessions," Todd says, "and we hope everyone will make plans to attend."
Following the Ag Update sessions Friday and Saturday mornings, the big Mid-South Farm & Gin Show will open at 9 o'clock, with hundreds of exhibitors offering a wide array of equipment, chemicals, products, and services.
The exhibit is the largest indoor assembly of agricultural products and equipment in the Mid-South, and the largest cotton equipment trade show in the nation. Several thousand people attend the two-day event, which is sponsored by the Southern Cotton Ginners Association and Delta Farm Press.
"It will be the biggest and best show ever," says show manager Lee Todd. "We've had a tremendous response from exhibitors, and every exhibit space is already booked."
The show will offer the latest technology, the newest equipment, and the most up-to-date information available to help farmers get ready for the new production season, he says.
At the association's membership meeting at the Peabody Hotel Thursday afternoon preceding the show, Norma McDill, deputy administrator for USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, will discuss the U.S. cotton program. Richard Bransford, president of the National Cotton Ginners Association, and Jerry Gilbert, Mississippi State University, will also speak.
The Southern Cotton Ginners Association and its member organizations will be holding their annual meetings during the week.


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|2012-05-25, 07:22
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Alright...so basically we have Plus and Minus Skills and Styles. Zenkichi uses a Style and so did Tsurubami (being a suitor, it makes sense).
I wonder if:
1) Medaka can copy styles;
2) Style users are abnormals, or are they considered Zeros;
3) there is a real difference between Skills and Styles (we know the difference between Plus and Minus skills, but the Styles we've seen so far are very similar to skills).
Also, it's nice to see that Naze is still M for misfortune rather than now being M for pain.
|2012-05-25, 07:55
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A style isn't something that's unprecedented to us. It's basically what specials without any skills - be it plus or minus, use.
Tsurubami would probably be considered a special, yet his style(Kamone System) makes him far stronger than any abnormal we've seen so far. Medaka was able to defeat him by copying 1/3 of his style, IIRC.
Kikajima has one(Voice-fightning), Akune has one(Mimicry), Nekomi(Cheating?), etc... Zenkichi was not a special, but a normal, which is why he could only fight regularly and didn't have overtly powerful attributes. Albeit he managed to hang with Abnormals due to his sheer effort of will.
It's just that the suitor's are styles on steroids. Like Nienami's 7 sword-style. I think the suitors are basically off the charts specials. They don't have any plus or minus since they do not posses any skills.
The only exception is Zenkichi's Devil Style, which is neither a plus nor a minus, yet is still a skill.
|2012-05-25, 08:24
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oh snap, I wasn't expecting a kanji user.
also, Naze's face was so perverted XD and by the looks of it, the conclusion will come next chapter.
my only question now is will they take her after Naze defeats her with them as well?
if they do Zenkichi will get squished by all those breasts XD....not that he really minds it anyways.
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Damn. Despite its flaws, it's the occasional bouts of craziness that Nisio Isin inserts into his chapters that keep me reading this series, and the ability to bend reality by shifting kanji is probably the craziest I've seen in a while.
Oh, yes. I'm looking forward to seeing what the other suitors will bring into the table.
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and speaking of Styles, how about Zenkichi's Devil Style? i bet he can finally use that ability on the upcoming chapters
after some googling i think Styles vs Skills is like Talent vs Skill
a Talent is inborn or unique in you and you can effortlessly do too, this might be synonymous to Style on this manga's definition
a Skill is something that can be acquired on the environment (ex. school/office/internet/books/etc) by observing/learning (this is how Medaka's The End abnormality is so its the ultimate Skill grabber but i doubt it can grab Styles)
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I mean she can master knowledge, technques and practically anything anyone can learn to do as well as anything they're born with, so unless it's from an outside influence she should logically be able to copy it or at the very least instantly understand how to acquire, it.
Medaka box is weird in the sense that none of it's abilities make any sense what so ever, even amongst shounens. Showns typically have power set or supernatural entities to explain their abilities, e.g chakra reiatsu devil fruits and haki, dying will etc. Medaka box has jack shit it just explains it's shit. It before had something to do with unlocking all the potential of the human mind but that went out the window. So we're pretty much left to assume these things happen with not even the slightest explaination why...
If styles are what they imply unless they come from a completely external source tehy should be learnable by any normal human (or at least any human gifted enough) so that logically means she should be able to copy it. But they probably aren't.
|2012-05-25, 12:03
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Given that Ajimu said Medaka could copy Zenkichi's "Maestro" nature that draws out 200% of his companions's abilities and such, I wouldn't be surprised is she could copy such things.
Now, I'm seriously thinking what the hell was the author thinking by naming Zen's personal skill Devil Style. The fact it's neither a plus nor a minus(refer to Naze's quote in the latest chapter) makes me cringe with the feeling that i'm being trolled again.
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|2012-05-25, 12:15
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Only the Abnormals posses an abnormality(plus-skills). Same thing with the minuses possesing a minus(minus-skills).
|2012-05-25, 12:51
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Yes, I don't know about them being Styles, but I's sure that Kikaijima and Akune's sctiks are no skills. Skills are basically what makes Abnormals a notch above the rest (Not-Equals seem to be more like Skill creators than users...or something like that...they are weird and not explained >_>)
It's funny...in my eyes while Skills seem overwhelming at times, I still find that Styles are much more versatile and usable in combat (not counting the God Mode skills like stopping time and so on).
And the problem with Medaka Box's theories still stands: We can speculate all we want, but when it comes to the reveals, Nishio usually goes around and kicks us in the ass with a big Chuck Testa.
|2012-05-25, 12:54
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The difference is that Normals and Special skills are not supernatural, unlike Abnormals.
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I don't remember which chapter it was explained but I shall search for it.
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Soller waiting to step down from Honor Guard
Jack Soller can't stand so tall anymore.
And holding a 10-pound Army-issued rifle for any length of time is out of the question.Yet the 84-year-old member of Gothenburg's Honor Guard isn't ready to hang up his dress blues just yet.
He's waiting for the military funeral of friend and honor guard comrade Cliff Geiken who's 94 years old.
"I want to say a few things," Soller said. "Cliff kept it (honor guard)going and if it wasn't for him, we probably wouldn't have one."
Soller and the rest of the honor guard have, for many years, provided an honorable military presence at the funerals of veterans buried in Gothenburg and at Fort McPherson National Cemetery. They also participate in annual Memorial Day services.
In addition, guard members raise the American flag at local football games, lead the annual Harvest Festival parade and participate in other activities.
Soller has been part of the local guard since 1958 when Geiken, a World War II veteran, was already commander.
Geiken started the Gothenburg Honor Guard shortly after World War II and commanded the group for 60 years. Deteriorating physical health forced him to quit in 2007 and Vietnam War veteran Roger Wahlgren took over as commander.
Soller has been involved in the military for more than 70 years.
Born in Gothenburg in 1937, he and his family later moved to Oakland, CA, where Soller joined the high school ROTC program at age 14 and was involved in honor guard activities.
In 1952, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served in the military police which included a 1-year stint in North Africa.
Soller stayed connected to family and farming, returning to Gothenburg to work for his uncle Bill Soller during the summer.
He came back permanently to farm in 1958 and joined the local honor guard.
"I like the guys," Soller said about his long service in the guard. "They're a dedicated bunch—all of them."
These days, Soller doesn't participate in honor guard activities very often and spoke of another reason for stepping down.
"I'll quit when I don't look like a soldier anymore," he said.
What has kept him participating in the guard is loyalty to veterans who die and a desire to show respect at their funerals.
"When I hesitate to do it, I say to myself, 'What did I have to do today that I can't do tomorrow?' " Soller said. "What he (the deceased veteran) planned to do tomorrow, he's not going to do."
Honor guard commander Roger Wahlgren said it's an honor to have guard members drop what they're doing to participate in services for veterans.
"Because they (the deceased) took time out of their lives to serve their country," Wahlgren said.
Wahlgren noted that many honor guards are not as active as Gothenburg's organization and don't put on dress blues the local guard wears.
Keeping the guard in U.S. Army uniforms is becoming more challenging, he said, noting that members often visit military surplus centers to get what they need.
Wahlgren added that the honor guard continues to seek new members.
Anyone who has served in a branch of the military—including the National Guard—is eligible to participate.
If interested, contact Wahlgren at 529-0212.
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You may recall that this year's Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, I'll Have Another, came from back in the pack, surging dramatically down the stretch to pass the leader and win both races.
Those events come to mind, as we enter the stretch run of Major League Soccer's 17th season, and a pair of late closers have emerged, one in each conference, charging into contention from off the pace.
They're chasing a pair of teams looking to go wire to wire (more or less) in both conferences, and they're shuffling the playoff pecking order.
In the East, where only 11 points separate first from seventh place, multiple clubs are jockeying for position, as they pound down the straightaway. The picture is a little clearer in the West, but final places remain up in the air, and one club is falling off the pace, as the finish line approaches.
Sound the bugle; we start in Columbus.
Look back on the fairly brief, somewhat checkered history of the Designated Player in Major League Soccer, and ask yourself if a DP has ever made the kind of instant impact that Columbus Crew's Federico Higuaín is making right now.
WATCH: Crew top Montreal
The 27-year-old Argentine has three goals and six assists in five games with the Crew, and is almost single-handedly leading their charge up the Eastern Conference standings.
On Wednesday night at Philadelphia Union, he express-delivered a free kick to the head of teammate Josh Williams for the Crew's first goal, and then, after Williams had been sent off, reducing Columbus to 10 men for the final 22 minutes of the game, Higuain orchestrated Eddie Gaven's unlikely stoppage-time winner.
More of the same followed on Saturday night at Crew Stadium, where Columbus hosted Montreal Impact in a match-up of the hottest two teams in the East. The Crew had won three straight, Montreal five, and the clubs were tied on 39 points, battling for playoff contention.
Higuaín looped in a pair of crosses to set up both Columbus goals in a come-from-behind 2-1 victory. The result ran the Crew's unbeaten run to six games and put them in fifth place in the East, level on points with Houston Dynamo and one point ahead of D.C. United, with a game in hand on both.
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While Columbus have been charging for six games now, LA Galaxy have been gaining ground since June, following a miserably slow 3W-8L-2D start to the season.
After Saturday night's comfortable 2-0 win over Vancouver Whitecaps FC - courtesy of sweet strikes from Juninho and David Beckham — the Galaxy are 10W-3L-2D in their last 15 games, with seven shutouts in that span.
READ: Beckham surprises himself with goal output
Vancouver still hold on the fifth and final playoff berth at 10W-11L-7D.
As the conference packs shuffle behind them, Sporting Kansas City and San Jose Earthquakes continue to set the pace, with neither one breaking stride in Week 26.
Kansas City rallied from a 1-0 deficit to clip last-place Toronto FC 2-1, getting the winner in the 87th minute from newcomer (and former Barcelona youth product) Oriol Rosell.
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Yet, despite outshooting Toronto 24-6 and controlling 71.1 per cent of possession, Sporting KC were fortunate to get the full three points. Rosell's goal slipped through TFC keeper Freddy Hall's hands, and the Reds' Ryan Johnson, who scored in the 44th minute, hit the post in the 49th, before Luis Silva forced an acrobatic save from Jimmy Nielsen in the 78th minute.
San Jose gave up a few dangerous chances to Chivas USA on Sunday, but their 4-0 win was about as decisive as the scoreline suggests. A pair of free kicks by Ramiro Corrales, one from Victor Bernardez, and a strike from the run of play by Simon Dawkins did the damage, locking down the Quakes' third win in their past four games.
San Jose, who have scored a club-record 56 goals this season (with seven games to play), are seven points clear of Real Salt Lake in the West, and three ahead of KC in the MLS Supporters' Shield race.
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The Chicago result extended Houston's MLS winless streak to four games and lifted the Fire into third place in the East, two points ahead of the Dynamo.
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New England Revolution have seven games to play, but even if they were to win them all, they'd be hard pressed to make the postseason. The Revs had another tough week, giving up two goals to former club icon Shalrie Joseph in a 3-3 draw with Chivas USA on Wednesday, then slogging to a 0-0 result against Philadelphia on Saturday to run their winless streak to 10 games.
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23 Kan. App. 2d 346
No. 75,021
STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. WADE L. PATTERSON, JR., Appellant.
K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 65-4162(a) does not authorize the use of a prior municipal conviction to classify a conviction under that statute as a felony.
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; DAVID W. KENNEDY, judge. Opinion filed January 10, 1997. Reversed and remanded.
Ernest L. Tousley, of O'Hara, O'Hara & Tousley, of Wichita, for appellant.
Thomas J. Schultz, assistant district attorney, Nola Foulston, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.
Before BRAZIL, C.J., PIERRON and ROYSE, JJ.
ROYSE, J.: Wade L. Patterson appeals his conviction for felony possession of marijuana, contrary to K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 65-4162(a).
Following a bench trial, the district court found Patterson guilty of possessing marijuana after a prior conviction. The district court relied upon the fact that Patterson had previously been convicted in municipal court on a charge of possession of marijuana. The district court sentenced Patterson to a term of 37 months in prison, followed by 12 months of post release supervision. Patterson's prison term was ordered to run consecutive to a prior sentence of 133 months imposed in an earlier case.
Patterson argues for the first time on appeal that his conviction in municipal court for possession of marijuana cannot be used as a prior conviction for purposes of 65-4162(a). Ordinarily, appellate courts will not consider an issue which the parties do not raise in the district court. There is an exception to this general rule, however, in exceptional circumstances, where consideration of the new issue is necessary to serve the ends of justice or to prevent a denial of fundamental rights. State v. Bell, 258 Kan. 123, 126, 899 P.2d 1000 (1995).
Resolution of the issue Patterson now raises will determine whether his conviction stands as a felony or a misdemeanor, with a substantial impact on his period of incarceration. Thus, consideration of the issue in this case is consistent with the criteria listed in Bell.
Whether a municipal conviction may be used as a prior conviction under 65-4162(a) is a matter of statutory interpretation. Statutory interpretation is a question of law. State v. Donlay, 253 Kan. 132, 133, 853 P.2d 680 (1993).
K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 65-4162(a) provides in pertinent part:
|"Except as otherwise provided, any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a class A nonperson misdemeanor. If any person has a prior conviction under this section or a conviction for a substantially similar offense from another jurisdiction, then such person shall be guilty of a drug severity level 4 felony."
The following rules of statutory interpretation provide guidance in interpreting 65-4162(a). "'It is a fundamental rule of statutory construction, to which all other rules are subordinate, that the intent of the legislature governs if that intent can be ascertained.'" City of Wichita v. 200 South Broadway, 253 Kan. 434, 436, 855 P.2d 956 (1993). "When a statute is plain and unambiguous, the court must give effect to the intention of the legislature as expressed, rather than determine what the law should or should not be." Martindale v. Tenny, 250 Kan. 621, Syl. ¶ 2, 829 P.2d 561 (1992). "[T]he legislature is presumed to intend that a statute be given a reasonable construction, so as to avoid unreasonable or absurd results." Todd v. Kelly, 251 Kan. 512, 520, 837 P.2d 381 (1992).
In 1995, 65-4162(a) was amended to read, in part:
|"Except as otherwise provided, any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a class A nonperson misdemeanor. If any person has a prior conviction under this section, a conviction for a substantially similar offense from another jurisdiction or a conviction of a violation of an ordinance of any city or resolution of any county for a substantially similar offense . . . , then such person shall be guilty of a drug severity level 4 felony." (Emphasis added.) L. 1995, ch. 218, § 2.
After this 1995 amendment, a municipal conviction is clearly included. "When the legislature revises an existing law, it is presumed that the legislature intended to change the law as it existed prior to the amendment." Hughes v. Inland Container Corp., 247 Kan. 407, 414, 799 P.2d 1011 (1990). "Ordinarily, there is a presumption that a change in the language of a statute results from the legislative purpose to change its effect." In re Marriage of Schuhs, 20 Kan. App. 2d 98, 99, 883 P.2d 1225 (1994), rev. denied 257 Kan. 1092 (1995). These statutory interpretation rules support Patterson's argument that municipal convictions were not included under K.S.A. 1994 Supp. 65-4162(a).
In State v. Dunn, 21 Kan. App. 2d 359, 364, 900 P.2d 245 (1995), this court held that municipal convictions may not be used in computing the criminal history of a defendant under the provisions of the Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act then in effect. The statute at issue in Dunn, K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 21-4711(a), provided: "Every three prior adult convictions or juvenile adjudications of class A and class B person misdemeanors in the offender's criminal history, or any combination thereof, shall be rated as one adult conviction or one juvenile adjudication of a person felony for criminal history purposes." In determining defendant's criminal history, K.S.A. 1993 Supp. 21-4701(d)(7) did not authorize the use of municipal convictions. In 1994, that statute was amended to specifically include municipal violations which are comparable to state misdemeanors.
The Dunn court analyzed the amendment as follows:
|"It is clear that in 1993 the statute did not expressly include municipal convictions in detailing what misdemeanors should be considered and scored. In order to include municipal convictions, we would be required to construe the statute as saying something which it does not clearly and expressly state. Such a construction would be contrary to the rule of strict construction which we are to apply in cases of this nature. Our criminal statutes are to be construed strictly against the State. State v. JC Sports Bar, Inc., 253 Kan. 815, 818, 861 P.2d 1334 (1993)." 21 Kan. App. 2d at 361.
In State v. Floyd, 218 Kan. 764, 768, 544 P.2d 1380 (1976), the court determined that K.S.A. 1974 Supp. 65-4127b(a) (now codified as 65-4162) did not allow a previous municipal possession of marijuana conviction to enhance a subsequent district court conviction for possession of marijuana, so as to make the subsequent offense a felony rather than a misdemeanor. K.S.A. 1974 Supp. 65-4127b(a) provided: "Any person who violates this subsection shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor, except that upon conviction for a second or subsequent offense, such person shall be guilty of a class D felony." 218 Kan. at 765. The Floyd court indicated that "[i]n the absence of clear statutory language a prior conviction under a city ordinance does not support a charge of a subsequent offense under a state statute." 218 Kan. 764, Syl. ¶ 2.
For all the foregoing reasons, we conclude the district court erred in using Patterson's municipal conviction to classify his conviction as a felony rather than a misdemeanor.
Reversed and remanded for resentencing consistent with this opinion.


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|2008-01-29, 20:31
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Aiko maybe the self sacrificing heroine where by she never tells Shin the truth because she will inadvertently cause him pain because he can never reciprocate. So she will settle being in love with him in secret, hurting herself, but yet satisfying her need to be close to him.
Nobuse, I reckon he may not be all that stupid and putting on a charade and he knows that Aiko is in love with Shin? He's hoping that she will in time forget about Shin and fall in love with him instead?
But yes how did she end up with Nobuse? It must have been some misunderstanding she didn't correct...
|2008-01-30, 00:04
|Link #22
It's quite clear Aiko's situation is dependent not just on what she herself does in the remaining episodes, but what actions Shin and Nobuse take as well. That being said I do feel rather sorry for Aiko. I'm still rooting for her to be happy and I see more of her, my like increases. Regardless I have this feelings they're will be some sort of falling out eventually. Ie things will get worse before they get better.
|2008-01-30, 00:30
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|2008-01-30, 00:55
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|2008-01-30, 05:03
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^ Same here...
@ golthin ~ I don't really get it. What do you find so mysterious. He likes her and hangs around her, the end. This Shin made them a couple is suspicious as well. When was this so explicitly stated? Even if it was, how could he have gotten them so close all by himself... it's too convenient.
|2008-01-30, 05:12
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|2008-01-30, 05:19
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I think you're reading too much into the show...
Shin mumbling he's the one who got them together doesn't necessarily mean he's the ONE.
|2008-01-30, 08:36
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permanentely bored
imo aiko/shin is unfortunately a no go, only time will tell.
btw surprise to see so many post about her when she isnt the one given the most screentime so far.
|2008-01-30, 09:00
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@ D a m i e n ~ Shin, Hiromi, Nr.4, Miyokichi etc have either self-inflected-problems or a complex situation. Aiko has both! But to be honest I don't think that's the answer to your question. Situations like that of Hiromi have been pretty clear from the get go, but the Ai x Shin relationship simply build up in the recent episodes out of what appeared earlier to be mostly a sibling relationship, with silly comments like your older them me by a year etc.
That's to say, they didn't travel to the giants nest to find the golden goose chicken in one episode, like with Shin and Nae, but instead stretched the surprise over at least 2, if not 3-4 episodes. I think a lot of people might have enjoyed that style of story telling better ...hence the little plus in discussion here.
|2008-01-30, 12:39
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|2008-01-30, 18:55
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If you can't not see that Shin was the one that got them together by Shin own words and by Aiko own words "You didn't have to.." then there is nothing I can do. Shin so far has been a pretty honest guy and I have not yet caught himn on a lie (with the exeption he doesn't tell Hiromi how he feels, but that is not a lie more like hiding the truth). Shin is the type of guy that don't say anything instead of lying, like when his mom asked him about the letter, he just didn't answer her instead of lying.
I really hope I am wrong and you are right, and Aiko and nobuse are not actually hooked up and that was Shin just spitting nosense as I can go back to my theory that Nobuse is just taking Aiko for granted as his girlfriend. So I do hope you are right and Shin didn't actually hooked them up, it would make things easier for Aiko!
|2008-01-31, 08:41
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|2008-01-31, 09:50
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Her hope is that he will forget about Hiromi and she is just bidding her time, but it seem that with every day her will is breaking down, we can tell that because she lied to him about Nobuse being busy that day and not being able to go shopping with her. It seems that she is getting now more desparate, more now than a new "rival" has appeared.
|2008-02-02, 12:42
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More thoughts on Ai-chan
You might not get over this right away, but time exists for these kind of things.
You will forget about it eventually.
I think this has been mentioned already, but I find this quote rather peculiar because of the irony in which its presented. Ai-chan tells Shin that he will eventually move on with his romantic aspirations, but if you take into account who is the one giving the advice and the fact she has said a similar quote with almost the same intentions, its not far-stretched to believe that she is talking for her as well. The first impression I get from this quote is the amount of hope she expresses with those words. She expects, or well, she wishes that Shin would become eventually free in order to convince herself that theres a chance to bring her true romantic aspirations to fruition. However, it might be the other way around with the situation that has been going on between Nobuse and her. She is the one who is actually trying to forget about Shin, but unable to do so if thats the case.
|2008-02-03, 02:32
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You can't forget the one you love with another person, more with that person being your best friend. Darn I want to find out how did Aiko get stuck in that relation so BAD. She is a messed up girl if she could not tell Shin no when he asked her to go out with Nebuso.
Now talking about this later episode, I can imagine how Nebuso got Aiko to go out with him, he is easy to jump to conclusions about people going out. He already is talking about going in double dates with shin and hiromi, just because he saw Shin and Hiromi walking together. Wasn't he pairing Shin and Noe the other day by just walking together. So I still will go by my theory that Nobuse just thought of Aiko as his girlfriend and eventualy the title stuck and aiko never had the courage to break the guys heart.
|2008-02-03, 05:53
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|2008-02-03, 06:11
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|2008-02-04, 10:49
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System Requirements
You need support software (drivers) installed with Boot Camp to use Windows 10. This software is automatically downloaded when you use Boot Camp Assistant. Boot Camp supports 64-bit versions of Windows 10 Home and Windows 10 Pro when used with a supported Mac.
Windows 10 is available from Microsoft as an ISO file and a USB flash drive. You need an ISO file of the 64-bit version of the Windows 10 installer to install Windows on your Mac. If you purchased the USB flash drive version you can download an ISO from Microsoft and use the Windows installation key that came with your flash drive. If you're installing Windows for the first time, make sure the Windows installer you're using is for a full installation (not an upgrade installer).
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- Use the list at the end of this article to make sure you have a Mac that supports Windows 10.
- Start your Mac from macOS.
- When your Mac desktop appears, choose App Store from the Apple menu. Click the Updates tab in the App Store window to check for software updates. Make sure macOS and your Mac firmware are up to date.
- Start your Mac from the version of Windows you currently have installed.
- Open Apple Software Update for Windows and install available updates, including the FaceTime Camera Update.
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- Use the Windows installer to upgrade Windows.
- After installation is complete, open Apple Software Update for Windows again and install available updates to make sure the Windows Support Software (drivers) for Boot Camp are up to date. As part of driver installation, your Mac might restart one or more times.
After driver installation is complete, log in to Windows to begin using Windows 10 on your Mac.
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If you have an existing 32-bit installation of Windows on your Mac, you'll need to back up your important files so that you can remove the existing Windows partition and install a 64 bit version of Windows.
- Back up any important files from your Windows partition.
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- After you install Windows, copy your important files back to your Windows drive.
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You can install Windows 10 on an internal drive in your Mac. Boot Camp Assistant helps you create a partition on your drive that's compatible with Windows. When you install Windows on a Mac that includes a Fusion Drive, the Windows partition is created on the mechanical hard drive part of the Fusion Drive (not the SSD). Microsoft BitLocker is not compatible with Boot Camp volumes.
After you install Windows, you can install the latest version of iTunes for Windows to listen to your music or play videos. You'll need to authorize iTunes in Windows to play music or videos you've purchased from the iTunes Store.
If some features aren't working when you start your Mac from Windows 10, try reinstalling Boot Camp support software using Boot Camp Assistant.
Mac computers that support Windows 10
The following Mac models support 64-bit versions of Windows 10 when installed using Boot Camp. Use About This Mac to see which Mac you have, then check this list to see if it supports Windows 10:
- MacBook Pro (2012 and later)
- MacBook Air (2012 and later)
- MacBook (2015 and later)
- iMac Pro (2017)
- iMac (2012 and later)
- Mac mini (2012 and later)
- Mac mini Server (Late 2012)
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