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Fully 65 percent of social media staffers juggle other responsibilities, while only 27 percent focus exclusively on the emerging platforms.
A Ragan/NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions survey suggests a digital divide between a class of deep-pocketed companies with the money to hire teams to manage social media, and a majority of smaller organizations that pile social media obligations atop the duties of already busy employees.
The survey of 2,714 online respondents indicates that many are swamped and don't have enough time for social media, something that matches what Adam Brown, principal of adMAGINATION, has observed.
"People who already have three or four or five things on their plate feel frustrated that they have to do this, and that whenever this happens they've got to drop everything and get into it," says Brown, former executive director of social media at Dell.
Though some survey participants work for multinational teams of 14 to 20 people, one harried respondent wrote, "I'm a one-woman show, so I do everything."
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For those who indicated they had a social media team, that team consisted of just one to three people.
Where staffing is concerned, the survey revealed that:
Most teams are small
Told about the data on team size, Jeremiah Owyang, a partner in Altimeter Group, expressed surprise. (Owyang was not involved in the creation of the Ragan/Nasdaq survey.) A recent Altimeter survey showed much larger teams, often spread across several departments, but it looked exclusively at larger organizations.
"For people working full-time on social, 11 is the average for an enterprise-class corporation," he says. "We define that as over 1,000 employees."
Ragan/NASDAQ OMX survey respondents ranged from self-employed consultants to corporations of more than 50,000 employees. Organizations of more than 1,000 constituted 28 percent of the total; the vast majority were under 1,000, and 23 percent worked for organizations employing fewer than 25.
Respondents from the corporate world composed slightly more than 58 percent of the total. Nonprofits numbered 23 percent, while 7 percent came from government agencies or departments. About 11 percent answered "other."
Only 3 percent outsource social media, while another 6 percent handle it both in-house and through an agency.
Among those who do have a dedicated team, about 42 percent have just one person shoveling coal into the social media locomotive's firebox. Another 40 percent have staffs of two or three. About 9 percent report teams of four to six people, and a similar percentage say their team numbers exceed six.
Dell towers among the giants. Some 2,000 people have been certified in an eight-hour training course in the area, and hundreds of employees do social media as part of their job, Brown says.
Dell declines to say precisely how many do social media full-time, he says, but it numbers in the dozens, which puts it at the highest end of our scale. This includes people in regional offices and various business units.
Mayo Clinic has a full-time social media team of 10 and will soon hire another staffer, says Lee Aase, director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media. They work in the public relations department.
In addition to those specialists, a cross-departmental advisory group of 30 meets monthly to discuss ways to expand social media across the enterprise and share case studies.
Mayo is not alone in dedicating full-time staff to the job. Southwest Airlines has a six-person team that deals with social media full-time, says Christi McNeill, senior communications specialist. But they span three departments: communications, customer relations, and marketing.
"This is a very collaborative effort," she says.
Others do the best they can with part-timers. "No one works 'exclusively' on social media," writes one survey participant, while another echoes, "The social media person also does website, video, and other projects."
Still others seek to incorporate all staffers. "We recently hired an online manager who focuses on social media," writes one. "However, everyone in our office is encouraged to participate."
If some teams are small, it wasn't necessarily for lack of trying. "We tried to add a social media specific position last year but administration did not approve the FTE," one survey participant wrote. "As a result, our media specialist was asked to take on more of a role with minimal results."
Few staff increases in the offing
Unfortunately, no relief is in sight for many. The majority of respondents (68 percent) didn't expand its social media department in 2012, and 78 percent don't plan to hire in 2013.
"We did not expand the department but more of our clients wanted to adopt a social media element for our public relations plans," said one respondent.
Another respondent reported only temporary boosts in staff: "The teams expand or downsize as needed."
Others do see the need to bring on more staff.
"In the process of hiring for one dedicated social media position," a survey respondent stated. "Five perform social media tasks on top of other responsibilities. Outsource completely in the UK."
"Other departments have their own social media presence, but their people have other jobs and do social media as part of their job," said another. "We have a full-time social media supervisor."
At General Motors, Mary Henige, director of social media and digital communications, supervises two strategists and a community manager.
In addition, GM's customer assistance social Web team has grown from four full-time staffers in 2009 to 20 today, moving staff from the phone to the Web. They monitor the brand social media pages, and have embedded themselves in close to 100 forums, such as the Cruze and Corvette owners' forums. (Members of the forum were uneasy at first, fearing GM would push sales, Henige says. But they have since embraced the knowledge GM staffers bring.)
Many of GM's brands have staff whose duties also include social media. Even at a major player like GM, people with other responsibilities help out with social media.
"Our philosophy has been that we're trying to teach all our colleagues how to fish," So we want to make sure they truly understand social media channels, how they're used, and what they can do."
Qualifications are often a matter of debate in communications, with some young social media specialists claiming that youth outweighs experience. Although the survey didn't address age, it does reveal that 47 percent of respondents hired staff with experience of three years or less. Forty percent went for those with three to five years in the field, while only 14 percent wanted more years on the job than that.
What is needed, one respondent wrote, is "youth and creativity matched with curiosity about the ever changing landscape of social media. Can you tell I am an old lady? We need youth to lead us in the next manner of communication."
Others emphasized intangibles, saying they wanted "someone we can trust with the brand and who understands not just social media but the relationship we have and would like to have with audiences. Someone we can trust with the passcodes!"
As far as the ideal level of experience, about 47 percent sought one to three years. Another 44 percent required from three to five years. Only 9 percent insisted on more experience than that.
In the era of social media, an education in communications (77 percent) or public relations (76 percent) is most highly valued (respondents were allowed to click multiple answers). Marketing trailed with 65 percent. Sorry, English majors: Only 20 percent felt all those hours you spent poring over "Beowulf" made you a better candidate, compared with 42 percent for journalism.
In hiring, 45 percent say they rely on a combination of degree and experience. Some 25 percent weigh experience above all, and 18 percent consider writing skills foremost. Less than half a percent say they rely on degree alone.
"Our president was the former communications director," wrote one respondent from a nonprofit, "so she probably does too much and should delegate more (if only we had the people—we're recruiting more volunteers and training them)."
Should you hand the keys to Junior?
Talk to the experts, and they fret that organizations often task the youngest person on staff with social media duties. After all, those dad-gummed kids get social media, don't they? But with major contracts and reputations at risk, most organizations don't hand the car keys over to Junior.
Only 25 percent of respondents say interns run some aspect of their social media efforts, with the remainder agreeing to our emphatic, "No way!"
"Don't use," one said flatly.
The lack of interns didn't surprise Brown, of adMAGINATION. Whether to involve them, he says, depends on this question: Is social media simply something you do because you must, or is it an activity that involves interaction with customers and drives business?
"In some instances, if you're a young, vibrant brand, [using interns] could be something that's really great," he says. "But if you're a larger corporation, you really need to consider: … Are those the subject matter experts that you want answering these questions?"
"We extensively use volunteers," wrote one staffer at a nonprofit. "Almost all our social media work is done by volunteers. This is an important distinction from interns, who are usually working for college credit or part of an international exchange. Our volunteers just get love."
Of those who have interns involved, Facebook is the most popular place for them to help out, with 78 percent participating. That compares with 68 percent for Twitter and 29 percent for YouTube.
That doesn't mean organizations are allowing recent college grads to take over their voice. "All intern-created items are reviewed before being published," writes one survey participant.
A university-based survey participant says the interns who run social media are more than just kids who know their way around Instagram and YouTube. The strategy is led by a paid intern on a two-year contract, who delegates to two other interns on one-year contracts.
"Yes, our social media strategy is handled by interns but, no, our interns are not in constant rotation," the respondent wrote. "Each of our interns is a graduate of the university and committed to alumni advancement."
One intern did well enough to land the job full-time, a respondent wrote. "We have yet to hire another intern, but our now-permanent employee did a lot of the technological side of creating web pages and such for blog and video postings as well as editing videos."
Similarly, another respondent said, "One intern is in charge of all social media."
With social media decentralized in many companies, interns can play a role regionally. "Field offices utilize intern assistance for regional blog posts," stated one commenter.
Another is eager to bring in an intern. "Currently handle myself but have hired someone to handle," the respondent wrote. "Am looking for an intern to train."
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These sharks are on most every diver's bucket list - hammerheads. With their unusual and very distinct shaped head, these incredible sharks are awe-inspiring. To experience hammerheads in the wild is an absolute dream come true for many scuba divers.
Unfortunately the future for three species of hammerhead - the great, scalloped and smooth - does not look bright. All three are highly prized for their fins and under increasing threat from the international finning trade. With fins selling up to US $100 per kilogram, it's a lucrative and exploited market. And because of this demand, hammerheads are among the species of sharks most often subjected to finning (slicing off the fins and discarding the body at sea).
The statistics paint an alarming picture too: in excess of 80 percent decline in some regions. Yet in just a few days, CITES leaders have the opportunity to help turn this statistic around when they meet in Bangkok for the 16th Conference of the Parties to CITES.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the great and scalloped hammerhead as Endangered making them the most threatened of all the world's pelagic and semi -pelagic sharks. Smooth hammerheads are classified by the IUCN as Vulnerable.
With only three sharks - basking, great white and whale - listed on Appendix II of CITES the opportunity to regulate, manage and monitor the international trade in endangered and vulnerable sharks has never been so real.
Before decisions are made in the next few weeks, you can help amplify the call to protect them:
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2.Send a letter direct to CITES authorities urging them to vote "Yes" for sharks and rays.
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- Allow yourself adequate time to use the bathroom: do not rush.
- Try not to strain during bowel movements.
- Wipe gently after a bowel movement:
- Use a soft, moist toilet paper or a baby wipe.
- Apply anal fissure ointment:
- Hydrocortisone
- Bacitracin
- Vaseline
- Drink plenty of liquids.
- Maintain a regular exercise program.
- Eat a high fiber diet
- Take a fiber supplement:
- Take stool softeners.
- Take a warm bath once a day.
- Acetaminophen for pain
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications for pain:
Anal Fissure Dietary Fiber
A person with an anal fissure may benefit from the following diet.
Fiber is one of the best ways to soften the stool. Dietary fiber is a plant material that humans cannot digest. Fiber works by increasing the amount of water in your stool and keeps the stool soft. The most well known fiber is bran. Common fiber supplements include Citrucel and Metamucil. It is important to drink plenty of water when you eat fiber.
Fiber comes in two forms, based on whether it will dissolve in water. Soluble fiber dissolves in water and insoluble fiber does not dissolve in water. About 3/4 of fiber intake should be the insoluble fiber.
Water Soluble Fiber
|Dietary Sources
|Pectins, gums, & mucilages
|fruits, vegetables, oats, bran, barley, legumes
Insoluble Fiber
|Dietary Sources
|Cellulose, hemicellulose
|vegetables, wheat bran, & whole grains
Fiber tends to bind water, which leads to softer stools and a more rapid passage of material through the intestines. This may reduce exposure to toxic substances and improve bowel health. Fiber can also bind fat and cholesterol. As an added benefit, high fiber foods usually contain important vitamins and minerals.
Use of a High Fiber Diet
A healthy diet should include more than 25 grams of fiber each day. In general, every extra gram of fiber eaten each day can lower the risk of heart disease by as much as five percent.
A high fiber diet can prevent and treat the following:
- Breast cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Constipation
- Crohn's disease
- Diabetes
- Diverticulitis
- Heart disease
- Hemorrhoids
- High cholesterol
- Hypertension
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Obesity
- Stroke
- Ulcerative colitis
General Guidelines
In general, fruits, vegetables and whole grains are high in fiber. Raw foods tend to have more fiber than cooked, canned or pureed items. Dried fruits, beans, black-eyed peas, bran and oatmeal are very high in fiber. Peeling the skin from fruit and vegetables removes fiber.
Unprocessed wheat bran can be added to meals and baked foods. Bran is the outer layer of the wheat grain, and is present in 'whole grain' foods. Adding 2-3 teaspoons of bran per serving is a great way to increase the fiber content of casseroles, meat loaf, and baked goods. Whole grain flour has 6 times the fiber of standard, bleached flour. Oat bran can be used in place of about 1/3 of regular flour when baking.
Change your diet slowly. Rapid changes in the diet can cause bloating, gas and diarrhea.
Example High-Fiber Diet
Eat at least 3 to 10 servings of whole grain food every day. Each serving should contain 3 grams of fiber.
Examples include:
- Barley
- Brown rice
- Oatmeal or oat bran
- Rye bread
- Wheat germ
- Whole grain bagels
- Whole grain breads
- Whole grain muffins
- Whole grain or bran cereals
- Whole grain pita bread
- Whole wheat crackers
- Whole wheat pasta
Eat 3-4 servings of fruit each day. Dried fruits are high in fiber.
Examples include:
- Apple
- Banana
- Berries
- Grapefruit
- Nectarine
- Orange
- Peach
- Pear
Eat at least 3-5 servings of raw, unpeeled vegetables per day.
Examples include:
- Asparagus
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Green beans
- Green pepper
- Onions
- Peas
- Potatoes with skin
- Snow peas
- Spinach
- Squash
- Sweet potatoes
- Tomatoes
- Zucchini
Meat substitutes:
Meat has no fiber, and contains cholesterol and saturated fat. Many high-fiber foods can replace meat in the diet.
Examples include:
- Almonds
- Brazil nuts
- Cashews
- Garbanzo beans
- Kidney beans
- Lentils
- Lima beans
- Peanut butter
- Peanuts
- Pinto beans
- Sesame seeds
- Soybeans, but not tofu
- Split peas
- Sunflower seeds
- Veggie burgers
- Walnuts
Anal Fissure Warning Signs
Notify your doctor if you have an anal fissure and any of the following:
- Anal fissure that does not heal within 10 days
- Black stool
- Fever over 101 degrees F (38.3 C)
- Repeated vomiting
- Worsening abdominal pain
- Worsening anal pain
- Worsening rectal bleeding
Continue to Anal Fissure Prevention
Last Updated: Nov 29, 2010 References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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- Lawes D, Taylor I. Recent randomised trials in colorectal disease. Colorectal Dis. 2005 Jan;7(1):8-17. [15606578]
- Nelson R. Operative procedures for fissure in ano. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Apr 18;(2):CD002199. [15846630]


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Revision as of 14:26, 14 May 2013
Pokémon Emerald Version (Japanese: ポケットモンスター エメラルド Pocket Monsters: Emerald) is a sister game to Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions, and is the fifth and final Generation III main series game. Like its predecessor, Pokémon Crystal Version, it added many features not present in the earlier paired versions. It was released in Japan on September 16, 2004, in North America on May 1, 2005, in Australia on June 9, 2005 and in Europe on October 21, 2005.
It was the second highest selling video game of 2005 in North America. It was also the third best-selling game for the Game Boy Advance, losing to its two predecessors, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions. Emerald was the final main series game released on the Game Boy line of Nintendo handheld video game consoles.
The Hoenn region is unstable — Rayquaza has awakened! Your skills as a Trainer will be challenged like they've never been challenged before as you try to maintain balance between Kyogre & Groudon. Prove your skill by earning badges & gaining access to Battle Frontier — the front line of Pokémon battling that offers a whole new level of competition. Never-before-experienced battles await you!
- The third adventure with new episodes in the Hoenn region!
- Tons of new features, including surprising plot twists and changes to where and how often you can catch certain Pokémon!
- Use the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter to trade & battle between Pokémon Emerald and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen versions.
- Expand you collection when you trade with a friend. Using a Game Boy Advance Game Link™, link up with Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen, or connect with Pokémon Colosseum using a Nintendo GameCube® Game Boy Advance cable. See instruction booklet for more details.
Changes from Ruby and Sapphire
Aesthetic changes
- Vigoroth move boxes into Brendan's or May's house instead of Machoke (though the cries are not changed due to an oversight, but this was corrected in the v1.1 release), while a Zigzagoon replaces the Poochyena chasing Professor Birch.
- Similarly, the first Pokémon Trainer fought aside from the rival has a Poochyena instead of a Zigzagoon.
- Animated Pokémon front sprites return for the first time since Pokémon Crystal. This feature was defined as standard for the main series Pokémon games ever since. Emerald is also the first game to have animated back sprites.
- Every Gym has received at least a slight renovation due to the addition of Trainers for the option of Double Battles. Some of these Gyms received complete overhauls in their designs, such as the Mossdeep Gym, which was given a new, rearranged puzzle that the player must navigate through.
- The color of the Champion's room at the Elite Four was recolored from its original shade of purple to blue.
- The legendary Pokémon battle intros include a different animation before moving into the battle scene. This animation involves the body patterns of the weather trio and the legendary golems's braille eye patterns.
- A young girl now blocks Route 101 instead of a young boy.
Storyline changes
- Both Team Magma and Team Aqua are featured as the villainous teams, each stirring trouble at different stages in the game. The objective of each team, to awaken Groudon and Kyogre, respectively, is eventually fulfilled.
- Rayquaza is prominent plot-wise, awakened in order to stop the destructive battle between Groudon and Kyogre. It is the one out of the three ancient Pokémon that can be captured prior to the Elite Four challenge, while still at the same place and at the same high level as in Ruby and Sapphire.
Gameplay changes
- Groudon and Kyogre are captured at new locations and at higher levels.
- The entrances to the Magma and Aqua Hideouts are not sealed after defeating the Elite Four.
- The Pokémon roaming across Hoenn, Latias or Latios, can be selected right after beating the Elite Four. The one that is not selected is available on Southern Island, requiring the promotional Eon Ticket.
- The Regis' puzzles are somewhat different, though the same in principle.
- Wireless linking with Union Room, as in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
- Tag Battles are available outside link-cable battling. Featured in the Battle Tower with a computer player (or, using the Wireless Adapter, a human player), as well as at the Space Center stage of the game, battling alongside Steven.
- Double Battles are more common as different Trainers can team up if the player is able to be spotted by two Trainers at once.
- Gym Leaders may be rebattled in Double Battles, with new Pokémon on their teams that are not regularly found in Hoenn.
- The Trainer's Eyes in the PokéNav is replaced by Match Call, which integrated a calling system similar to the Pokégear cellphone.
- Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile may be acquired from Professor Birch after obtaining every Pokémon in the Hoenn Pokédex.
- Deoxys is in its Speed Forme.
- New field effects for Abilities.
- Abilities have a role in breeding as Magma Armor and Flame Body hurry up the hatching process if a Pokémon which has either Ability is in the party.
- New item list for Pickup; Pokémon pick up items based on the Pokémon's level.
- Having a female Pokémon or Ditto of the breeding pair hold an Everstone grants a 50% chance of passing down their nature to the hatched Pokémon when breeding.
- Raising friendship and lowering effort values with certain Berries.
- The Mystery Gift option of the Wireless Adapter primarily replaces the Mystery Events option of the e-Reader. The Enigma Berry is thus obtained through Mystery Gift, unlike in Ruby and Sapphire. Mystery Events are absent from the English version of the game.
- Pokémon Contests are all held in Lilycove City.
- Unlike Ruby and Sapphire, trade restrictions between games are in place. Trading with Ruby and Sapphire as well as with another Emerald only allows trading of Pokémon indigenous to Hoenn while the player possesses only the country's regional Pokédex, while the National Pokédex is required to trade with FireRed and LeafGreen and XD: Gale of Darkness. This restriction also includes Pokémon Eggs from Ruby or Sapphire regardless if it contains a regional Pokémon. However, trading with Colosseum only requires the Hoenn Pokédex regardless of the Pokémon being traded.
- All the Gym Leaders from Ruby and Sapphire, including former Gym Leader Wallace, have upgraded Pokémon teams. The changes include the addition of Pokémon they did not have in Ruby and Sapphire, or in rare cases some of their previous Pokémon are removed from their team.
- Emerald is the first game to have at least one of the Gym Leader's Pokémon hold onto an item.
Character changes
- Brendan and May have slight changes to the design of their outfits.
- Contest Lady, Quiz Lady, or Favor Lady in Lilycove Pokémon Center.
- New Move Tutors added, including most of the ones in FireRed and LeafGreen (all but Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn and Hydro Cannon), along with 15 others that teach moves previously acquired through Generation II TMs.
- A new Gym Leader in the Sootopolis Gym, Juan, while its former Gym Leader Wallace is now the Pokémon Champion.
- The former Champion Steven can be fought in Meteor Falls after the Elite Four challenge, with all of his Pokémon at exactly 20 levels higher than in Ruby and Sapphire.
- Scott, a new character introduced in Emerald, will meet the player numerous times throughout the game, ultimately inviting the player to the Battle Frontier.
Area additions
- The Fossils (Root Fossil, Claw Fossil) in the desert are now found in a short-lived tower called Mirage Tower that sinks into the ground once a Fossil is chosen. However, the other Fossil can now be acquired after the Elite Four challenge.
- Battle Tents replace Pokémon Contest Halls in Verdanturf Town, Fallarbor Town and Slateport City. Instead, all Contests take place in Lilycove City.
- A new battle area, Trainer Hill, which is similar to Trainer Tower found in FireRed and LeafGreen. Features e-Reader compatibility in the Japanese version.
- Another new battle area, the Battle Frontier, an expansion of the existing Battle Tower. This is also the only place to find a wild Sudowoodo and Smeargle (Inside Artisan Cave) in the Generation III handheld games.
- New areas within the Safari Zone and Desert Underpass, introducing 19 Pokémon native to Johto and Kanto. 12 of these Pokémon consist of Johto Pokémon that can only be found in this version other than the Johto Starters, Sudowoodo, and Smeargle, while the other 7 can also be found in FireRed and LeafGreen.
- Terra Cave and Marine Cave, accessible only after defeating Elite Four, are home to Groudon and Kyogre, respectively. The caves are not fixed to one location, and in order to track them it is necessary to investigate the unusual patterns concluded by the Weather Institute.
- Navel Rock, where Lugia and Ho-Oh appear, as well as Birth Island, where Deoxys appears, can be reached in the same way as in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
- Mew appears on Faraway Island, an island that is located remote from Hoenn. Reaching the island requires a special promotional item, the Old Sea Map.
- Altering Cave was added on Route 103, as in the one found in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
- The wireless minigame house was added to Mossdeep City, as in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
- Utilizing the GameShark device, players can find hidden music in the games, including music originally used in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal.
- While Team Aqua's hideout is at Lilycove City just like in Sapphire, Team Magma's hideout has been moved to a hidden cave at Jagged Pass and has been given a completely new design. Also, Magma Hideout is now where Groudon is first encountered.
Missing Pokémon
These Hoenn Pokédex Pokémon are missing from Emerald and must be traded to the game from another Generation III game to be obtained. While wild Surskit can appear in Emerald, the player needs to mix records with a copy of Ruby or Sapphire Version in order for Surskit to appear by way of swarming; otherwise, Surskit cannot be legitimately caught without the aid of another game.
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Emerald maintained the same levels of compatibility as its companion games Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Trading between each of these games is possible, but not with games from Generations I and II. This utilizes the traditional link cable, or alternatively, the GBA Wireless Adapter like in FireRed and LeafGreen.
While Emerald cannot trade directly with the Generation IV games Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, a player's Pokémon may be permanently transferred via Pal Park, and some of the Generation II Pokémon introduced into the Hoenn Safari Zone extension can be found using the dual-slot mode.
Many reviews criticized Emerald for being too similar to Ruby and Sapphire, with Game Informer stating that "there simply aren't enough changes to make this a must-buy."[4] However, IGN gave the game an "Impressive" rating of 8/10, stating that there are "special, newly-created treats sprinkled throughout the experience to make experiencing this repeat worthwhile."[5]
- Main article: Staff of Pokémon Emerald
- Pokémon Emerald was the first game to feature Gym Leader rematches.
- Although Pokémon Emerald is a modified version of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, a number of changes occurred to make it more similar to Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen:
- The game's font has been changed to one very similar to that of FireRed and LeafGreen.
- The PP counter for a move now changes color depending on how many power points are left.
- The two event locations from FireRed and LeafGreen, Navel Rock and Birth Island, make a return.
- Altering Cave, from FireRed and LeafGreen, returns in Emerald.
- All of the music tracks from FireRed and LeafGreen were inserted to Emerald, but only a handful are actually used:
- The Pokémon Caught fanfare was changed to the one from FireRed and LeafGreen.
- Navel Rock plays the music that was used in the routes outside Five Island.
- Altering Cave plays the music that was used in Mt. Moon.
- Battles with the non-Hoenn legendary Pokémon (Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh) use the music from battles with legendary Pokémon in FireRed and LeafGreen.
- Emerald was released in Japan one week after FireRed and LeafGreen were released in North America.
- Groudon and Kyogre appear in Fiore after the game's ending. The two seem to have been hurt in a battle, which took place in Hoenn according to Emerald.
- The game uses a faulty implementation of the pseudorandom number generator used in Generation III and IV games, which allows literally identical personality values for a Pokémon even after multiple resets. The game neglects to reseed the PRNG on startup (only doing so when the adventure is begun), which means that the personality values of an encountered Pokémon follow a predictable sequence once the seed is found and/or forced.
- Emerald has many similarities with Pokémon Platinum: both are the third versions of their respective storylines, add a Battle Frontier in the place of the regional Battle Tower, are represented by the final member of a legendary trio which was not confirmed to be part of it beforehand, and share features with the remakes of their generation that are not present in the original paired games.
- All of the Hoenn Pokédex Pokémon not available in Emerald may be obtained through Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness alone.
- Pokémon Emerald Version is the last main series Pokémon game made for the Game Boy series.
- It was also the last game with color cartridges ever made.
- However, since Nintendo DSi-enhanced catridges are black, Pokémon Black 2 is technically the last Pokémon game to have the color of its cartridge match its name.
- It was also the last game with color cartridges ever made.
- GameStop released a special tin with a Battle Pass and more. People could get it if they pre-ordered Pokémon Emerald online.
- Although Pokémon Emerald was released after Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and the former's game engine was based on the latter's, Pokémon Emerald didn't retain the moveset changes of all Pokémon from the latter games, instead retaining the moveset from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. This was fixed on Pokémon Diamond and Pearl and onwards. However, there are now changes:
- Some Pokémon retained their FireRed and LeafGreen updated move(s) on their level-up moveset, such as Nidoking's Megahorn.
- The said move(s) of some Pokémon were now able to be learned via egg moves by breeding, TMs, HMs, and Move Tutor instead, such as Charmander's Metal Claw.
- Diglett and Dugtrio can't learn Fury Swipes anymore, possibly due to the fact that both have no hands or that their hands are not visible, although this is unconfirmed. However, the player can transfer both with said move from Generation III to Generation IV and onwards by transferring it via Pal Park in Generation IV and transferring it via Poké Transfer in Generation V.
- Pokémon Emerald Version is the only third version which is not the next consecutive main series game after its respective paired versions.
In other languages
See also
- ↑ Pokémon.co.jp
- ↑ Pokémon.com (US)
- ↑ Pokémon.com (UK)
- ↑ 1 Pokemon Emerald (gba) reviews at Metacritic.com (retrieved December 21, 2009)
- ↑ IGN: Pokemon Emerald Version Review (retrieved December 21, 2009)
|This game-related article is part of Project Games, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon games.


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However, on Sunday, many parents say they are being turned away.
With millions of kids home from school, parents figure it would be a perfect time to get a flu shot. Instead, it is turning into a classic case of left hand, right hand.
A spokesperson for one pharmacy chain said the Governor "put the mall in motion without warning." Rite Aid, on the other hand, said they were waiting from the okay from corporate.
CVS says they are hoping to resolve their issues within the next few days, but they stated that their best advice is to call before you go decide to get the vaccine.
Cuomo's emergency declaration comes as the state Health Department reports that the number of patients admitted to hospitals statewide continues to rise with a 55 percent increase in the last week.
Two children have died in New York State so far and at least 10 New York City adults have died from flu-related illness. Statewide adult deaths aren't tracked.
The executive order permits pharmacists to administer flu vaccinations to patients between 6 months and 18 years of age, suspending a section of State Education Law that would normally limit the authority of pharmacists to administer immunizing agents to individuals 18 years of age or older.
Cuomo said he has directed his administration, the New York State Health Department and others to use all resources necessary to deal with the problem and to "remove all barriers to ensure that all New Yorkers - children and adults alike - have access to critically needed flu vaccines."
Flu is widespread in most states this year, and at least 20 children have died.
In declaring the health emergency, the governor cited the worst season for influenza in at least four years with all 57 counties statewide and all five boroughs of Manhattan counting among the 19,128 cases reported so far. That's more than four times the 4,404 positive laboratory tests reported during last year's flu season.
A promotional campaign to encourage anyone who has not gotten a flu shot to get one would be carried out, along with the message that it is not too late to get a shot, the governor said in a release.
Health professionals say the vaccine will prevent about 62 percent of the people who get it from getting the flu while the rest will have a milder case of it. A vaccine takes two weeks to fully kick in.
People can decrease their odds of getting the flu by washing their hands frequently and avoiding touching the eyes, nose and mouth. Because viruses can be spread by the hands as well as the air, health professionals recommend coughing into an elbow rather than the hand and staying home to treat the flu rather than going to work and spreading the illness.
Flu season generally peaks in January and February and can linger through March. This year's severe flu season follows the mildest ever recorded last year.
New Yorkers can find a local vaccine provider by visiting http://flushot.healthmap.org/ and entering their zip code. New Yorkers without internet access can call 1-800-522-5006 or through TTY access at 1-800-655-1789 to find a nearby provider.
Mirroring a wave of illness throughout 47 states, data show incidence of the flu has been widespread throughout New York for seven weeks.
Doctors say flu season started early this season. Nearly 7 percent of all visits to health care providers were flu or flu-like illnesses in the first week of the year, compared with a typical 2 percent, Health Department figures show.
"It's a really bad year," said Dr. Ken Steier, a lung specialist and clinical dean at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, who estimated he's seeing five times as many cases as is typical for this time of year. "It's really been knocking people out."
And it's likely to spread more, said Dr. Paul Hamlin, a pulmonary disease specialist based on Long Island. "I would expect to see more of it in the next four weeks," he said.
Typically, cases peak and then taper off, but it's hard to predict if this is a normal cycle or the outbreak will last through late March, when the seasonal illness usually falls off.
One reason for that is that the flu is highly contagious. An uncovered sneeze in a crowded subway car or a sick colleague who refuses to stay home from work can spread the illness quickly.
"The risk of getting the flu is definitely increased when you're in close contact with strangers," said Steier. And even those who stay home until they feel better can spread the virus, he added. "You're actually still contagious after you feel better."
Steier said the incubation period - the time between first exposure and when symptoms develop - can be up to seven days. The worst symptoms usually pass in a few days, but it's still possible to pass it along up to 14 days later.
Many people can treat their symptoms with rest, chicken soup or other fluids, and aspirin or Tylenol. But those with severe symptoms should contact their doctors.
Kate Allan, 16, said three days of exhaustion and achiness drove her to visit an Urgent Care facility in Manhattan on Friday, despite the fact that she has had a flu shot.
"My mom said it might not be the flu but my dad is really sick and my brother just had the flu, but he didn't have a flu shot," she said. "We weren't really sure what it is so we came in here today."
Allan's flu test came back negative, so Dr. Neal Shipley sent her home with Tylenol.
"The flu doesn't care if you're a man or a woman, old or young. It just wants to know if you've been vaccinated or not," he said.
Emergency room visits for the flu have jumped along with reported cases overall. Dr. Dan Wiener, the chairman of emergency medicine at Saint Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, said the increase is stressing capacity at the Manhattan hospital, which like several other facilities was already taking on a greater role to compensate for hospitals closed or damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
But Wiener said it makes sense to stay out of the emergency room unless you're in a high risk group, like the elderly, or experiencing very serious symptoms like a persistent high fever. "Unless you're in a high risk group, there's not much we can do," he said.
Still, it's a serious illness. The flu has killed two children in the state already this season, and 20 have died nationally. At least 10 residents of long-term care facilities like nursing homes have died in New York City's five boroughs. City nursing homes are seeing an epidemic, Wiener said, noting that people who are already ill or weak before contracting the flu are more vulnerable.
Hospitals are trying to separate patients who appear to have the flu in emergency rooms and if they're admitted, but so far none in New York appear to be taking the drastic step of screening visitors, which has been reported in Boston, where Mayor Thomas Menino declared a public health emergency due to the flu on Wednesday.
Doctors have mixed opinions about whether this year's flu is more severe than past years, or if it just spread faster. But all agree that for those who haven't been sick yet, it makes sense to get a flu vaccine. Each year's vaccine is designed to combat a different strain of the virus, and this year's shot was successful in targeting the most prevalent strain.
The vaccine will help about 70 percent of people who get it avoid the illness altogether, and the remaining 30 percent will likely have a milder case.
And Steier said don't worry about getting the flu from the shot itself. "That's not possible," he said. "It's basically a killed virus."
Get more information about the flu from the Centers for Disease Control at CDC.gov.
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EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. to Exhibit at IACP
Company to demonstrate wireless communication solutions at major conference
Irving, TX – November 7, 2008 – EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFJI) announced today that it will be exhibiting at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 115th Annual Conference & Exposition November 9-11 at the San Diego Convention Center.
"Law enforcement is a key audience for our state and local business, and since the IACP conference has more than 15,000 law enforcement professionals expected to attend the conference this year, it is a critical show for us," said Michael Jalbert, president and chief executive officer of EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. "The IACP conference has long had a reputation for providing top-notch education on the most pressing law enforcement topics. We are pleased to be a leading contributor in the advancement of communications for law enforcement."
"Our roots in public safety go back to 1939, when we developed our first mobile radio system for use by police cars in Minnesota cities. We will be announcing and demonstrating some innovative new solutions for today's law enforcement officials at IACP 2008," Jalbert added.
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Headquartered in Irving, Texas, EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. focuses on innovating, developing and marketing the highest quality secure communications solutions to organizations whose mission is to protect and save lives. The Company's customers include first responders in public safety and public service, the federal government, and industrial organizations. The Company's products are marketed under the EFJohnson, 3e Technologies International, and Transcrypt International names. For more information, visit www.EFJohnsonTechnologies.com.
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Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) said on Tuesday that it earned $1.51 billion during the third quarter, compared to a loss in the same period last year. EPS came in at $2.85, topping Wall Street, which anticipated earnings of $2.19 a share, the Associated Press noted.
The bank posted quarterly net revenue of $8.4 billion, more than twice the $3.6 billion recorded last year, and easily exceeding analysts' estimate of $7.2 billion.
Goldman Sachs also announced that its quarterly dividend would increase from 46 cents a share, to 50 cents a share.
Shares of Goldman Sachs dipped fractionally in Tuesday morning trading.
During the quarter, Goldman Sachs reduced its workforce by 1,600. But employees who remained with the firm saw more pay. The bank noted that costs related to compensation increased 10%.
Goldman Sachs indicated that revenue from stock and bond underwriting and mortgage products surged, while fees from stock trading fell and advisory fees for mergers and acquisitions were also lower.
Last month, the bank announced that CFO David Viniar had resigned and would be succeeded by Harvey Schwartz in January. Viniar would remain with Goldman Sachs and was expected to join its board of directors.


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Poor Thang: More Photos Of The Basketball Bunny Who Gay NBA Baller Jason Collins Down Low'd For Over 8 Years!
Take a peek at Jason's swirly beard who he lied to for almost a decade!
Photos Of Jason Collin's Ex-Fiancee Carolyn Moos
Carolyn Moos admits that she was just as surprised as everyone else when Jason Collins told the world he was gay. Carolyn was engaged to Jason and the two called it off in 2009 but remained friendly.
Via HollywoodLife reports:
Carolyn went on Access Hollywood and said that Jason left her a message and said "please call me back as soon as possible." She said that she was "concerned" but had no idea what it was about.
"I have something very important to tell you I need you to sit down," she said. "This is something that I've been discovering for a very long time and I've also supressed for a very long time."
She went on to say that she wants him to be happy: "Everyone deserves to be happy, everyone deserves to live in their own skin. So for him to wake upon a daily basis not being able to do that, it hit me really hard. It still is, I'm still processing it."
Carolyn Says That She Never Suspected He Was Gay During Their Eight Year Relationship
She said that when they were together he was very romantic.
"He is, he's very funny and creative- doing things that come out of the heart," she says. "Presence is the best present. A hand-written card is better than a material."
Hit the flip to see what Jason probably wasn't smashing to smithereens for those down-low 8 years…
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Dress Codes – Revealing the Jewish Wardrobe, an exhibition opening March 11 at the Israel Museum, presents an array of traditional apparel from the 18th through the 20th centuries from the museum's world-renowned collection of Jewish dress. More than 100 costumes from four continents will be on display. The exhibition presents clothing as representative of such universal human themes as identity and memory, and it examines how traditional clothing has stimulated fashion design. On view at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, until October 25. www.imj.org.il
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Yiddish Concert: Friends of Yiddish presents Itzik Manger and his Megilleh, a pre-Purim Freylekhs Concert. Montreal-based Yiddish folklorist Janie Respitz performs her lively and nostalgic interpretations of Manger's traditional holiday songs and guitar melodies.
Beth Tikvah Synagogue, 3080 Bayview Ave. between Sheppard and Finch. Sunday, March 9, 2 p.m. Refreshments and door prizes. Everyone welcome. Admission $10, FOY members free. Please RSVP to email@example.com
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Kazablan: The Mifgash Theatre, a program of the Schwartz-Reisman Centre, presents Kazablan, a play in Hebrew with English subtitles. Set in a run-down neighbourhood of Jaffa in the 1950s, the play features Kazablan, a young Moroccan immigrant who falls in love with Rachel, an Ashkenazi Jew whose father objects to this association. The hero turns from a leader of a street gang to the leader of a struggle for social justice.
Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave. at Bloor. Saturday, April 5, 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 6, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets $25. srcentre.ca
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Arts in Brief
• New York guitarist Gilad Hekselman and his trio, along with the Shai Maestro Trio and the David Buchbinder Ensemble perform a concert as part of the Spotlight on Israeli Culture, Toronto Downtown Jazz and the Consulate General of Israel. Cover $15. Rex Hotel, 194 Queen St. W. Thursday, March 6, 7 p.m. www.torontojazz.com
• Teatron Toronto Jewish Theatre has extended the run of Jason Odell Williams's romantic comedy Handle With Care an additional week until Sunday, March 9. At the Toronto Centre for the Arts, Studio Theatre, 5040 Yonge St. teatrontheatre.com
• Film maven Shlomo Schwartzberg continues his series of lectures with film clips on the work of director Steven Spielberg, with a look at Influences: Super 8, Ace in the Hole, Lawrence of Arabia and Back to the Future. Miles Nadal JCC, Monday, March 10, 7 to 9 p.m. $11.25 drop-in, students $6. 416-924-6211, ext. 606.
• Opera educator Iain Scott presents "Opera Appreciation: Viva Puccini!" a three-part series hosted by Active 55+. Miles Nadal JCC, Tuesdays, March 18, March 25 and April 1, 1:30 p.m. Series $36, drop-in $14. 415-924-6211, ext. 0.
• Active 55+ presents Judaica Through the Ages with silversmith Zahava Lambert, a tour through the rich history of Jewish artifacts and ritual objects used in home and synagogue. Miles Nadal JCC, Thursday, March 20, 2 p.m. Drop-in $4. 416-924-6211, ext. 155.
At the Galleries
• Sisters in Resistance, an exhibition of oil paintings by Harry Tiefenbach celebrating women resistance fighters of World War II, is currently on view at the Miles Nadal JCC Gallery. Reception, March 13, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
• The remarkable shtetl paintings of artist Shoshana Eden depict the shtetl from a young girl's point of view, offering a unique perspective of a world destroyed by the Holocaust. Born in Poland in 1917, Eden went to Palestine in 1935 and lost nearly all of her relatives during the war. She and her husband and family lived in Haifa, where she produced small-scale naive shtetl paintings based on her childhood memories. She died in 2002, but her canvases continue to inspire. View them at www.shoshana-eden.co.il/Eng


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The focus of this course is on the writing of papers based on single sources, with special attention to summary, analysis, evaluation and personal reflection. The development of a personal and credible voice is one of the main goals of the course. Documentation conventions, as well as search strategies, both print and electronic, are also addressed. The course uses both word processing and networked software to generate and evaluate writing. Prerequisite: Placement examination. College Writing I is a prerequisite for all 200-level courses in English.


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Revised reference tables for 2007 to 2012 have superseded the originally published reference tables.
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BERLIN – A Berlin man was arrested for first-degree rape and first- and second-degree assault late last week just over two weeks after receiving a suspended jail sentence for an assault on the same victim after a year-long pattern of abuse.
Last Thursday, detectives with the Worcester County Bureau of Investigations (WCBI) responded to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury in reference to an alleged rape of a 40-year-old victim. Through the course of the investigation, the suspect in the reported rape was identified as Preston Lewis Whaley, Jr., 42, of Berlin, who has a long and sordid history of physical abuse and protective orders with the alleged victim.
Whaley was subsequently arrested around 11 p.m. last Thursday in Berlin and charged with first-degree rape, first- and second-degree assault, and the violation of a protective order to stay away from the victim. A closer look at the history between the victim and her alleged attacker reveals a pattern of abuse dating back over a year which culminated in his conviction on malicious destruction of property charges, but no jail time, just over two weeks before the alleged rape last Thursday.
In addition, just two days prior to Whaley's alleged most recent attack on the victim, he twice failed to appear for a scheduled visit with his probation officer. His first visit was scheduled for July 31, and when he failed to appear, the probation officer left a note telling him to report on Aug. 1, just one day before the alleged rape last Thursday.
Whaley was arrested on May 5 and charged with second-degree assault, malicious destruction of property and theft after repeated, long-term abuse of the victim. According to the victim's statement in the court file, the pattern of verbal and physical abuse started in March 2006 when he pushed her to the ground while she was pregnant.
According to the victim's statement, the abuse continued regularly, two to three times a week, until the May 5 incident that led to Whaley's arrest. During the first month of her pregnancy, the victim said in her statement Whaley, "struck her in the face countless times and grabbed her arms causing bruises."
The victim was not around Whaley for the rest of her pregnancy, but returned home in July 2006 and the abuse started again, according to court documents.
"On countless occasions, he [Whaley] has broken through my door and thrown objects at me, injuring me, as well as grabbing, punching, kicking me down the steps and choking me," the victim's statement reads.
The victim's statement also asserts, "This has been going on constantly since March 2006, except for when I was away during pregnancy from April 2006 to July 2006."
Even after the victim returned with the couple's newborn son, who a paternity test confirmed belonged to Whaley, the abuse continued and even escalated to a degree, according to the victim's statement. "He hit me at least three times while I was holding our infant son," it reads.
On May 5 of this year, the situation boiled to a head when Whaley allegedly broke into the victim's home, took money, broke her cell phone and broke a vase. He was arrested and charged with second-degree assault, malicious destruction of property and theft.
On July 17, just 16 days before the rape reported last Thursday, Whaley pleaded guilty in District Court in Snow Hill to malicious destruction of property and was sentenced to 60 days in jail with all but 20 days suspended. Whaley was then given credit for the 40 days he had already served in jail while awaiting trial, resulting in a net no new jail time.


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Types of Brain Tumors in Children
Types of Brain Tumors in ChildrenA brain tumor is a mass of abnormal cells in the brain. Most brain tumors in children are primary. This means that they start in the brain and not another part of the body. A tumor can be benign or malignant. Most benign tumors are made up of slow-growing cells that rarely spread. They are not likely to be cancerous. Most malignant tumors are made up of fast-growing cells that invade surrounding tissue. They are more likely to be cancerous. Both benign and malignant brain tumors can be life threatening. They can require intensive treatment.
Types of brain tumors
There are many types of brain tumors. They can occur in any area of the brain including the lining of the brain or the brain itself. Some of the more common types of brain tumors in children include:
- Gliomas. These are tumors that start in the glial cells. The glial cells make up the supportive tissue of the brain.
- Astrocytomas are a type of glioma that often form in the cerebellum. The cerebellum lies at the base of the brain and is the part that controls balance and coordination. These tumors can form in other parts of the brain as well.
- Brainstem gliomas form in the brainstem, which is located at the base of the brain. The brainstem controls basic functions such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure.
- Ependymomas are a type of glioma that can form in the hollow spaces in the center of the brain (ventricles). The ventricles make fluid that helps protect the brain and spinal cord.
- Optic nerve gliomas form near the optic nerves. The optic nerves carry messages from the eyes to the brain.
- Meningiomas. These are tumors that grow in the outer linings (meninges) of the brain and spinal cord. These tumors are usually benign and slow-growing. They are more common in adults than in children.
- Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET): These tumors start in brain cells that are still forming. They can occur anywhere in the brain. PNET tumors are usually fast-growing and malignant.
- Medulloblastomas are a common type of PNET. They form in the cerebellum.
Grading of tumors
During a procedure called a biopsy, a small sample of the brain tumor is taken for analysis. It is checked for grade and type. Grade refers to how fast new tumor cells are forming and how quickly they are spreading into surrounding tissue. Grade can range from 1 (lowest) to 4 (highest). This helps the doctor learn more about your child's brain tumor and how best to treat it. However, not all types of tumors are graded on a scale from 1 to 4, and there are different grading systems. When you discuss the pathology with the surgeon, ask which grading method he or she is using.
Words you may hear
This brief glossary includes some of the terms you're likely to hear when learning about brain tumors. Ask your child's healthcare provider if you need more information.
- Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF): the fluid that forms in the ventricles and that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.
- Cranium: the bony structure that protects the brain. The cranium and facial bones form the skull.
- Intracranial pressure (ICP): pressure within the skull.
- Necrosis: death of tissue.
- Pathology: study of changes in the cells and organs of the body that can cause or result in disease.
- Resection: surgical removal of tissue.
- Stereotactic: method of locating specific sites in the brain using computer software, a head frame, and imaging tests.


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"We are excited to partner with transportation leader Canadian Pacific to bring our combined expertise to those companies working in the Bakken Shale formation," said Charles Young, founder, president and board member of Fairless Hills, Pa.-based Smart Sand. "Smart Sand offers substantial dry sand capacity and 100-plus years of proven reserves, plus direct rail access for unit trains. We believe the new North Dakota transload facility offers a unique combination of cost effectiveness, reliability and product flexibility. We look forward to offering similar services in other producing regions while building strong relationships in the Williston Basin."
"Smart Sand has prime resources and processing capabilities which align well with CP's shipping presence in the energy sector. This agreement with Smart Sand demonstrates our commitment to provide our customers with end-to-end transportation service that is competitive and reliable," said CP Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Jane O'Hagan.
Smart Sand's primary facility, which opened in late June 2012 and is located on the CP rail line in Oakdale, Wis., will supply premium Northern White frac sand in a broad range of mesh sizes to the new transload facility. Based on Smart Sand's initial processing capacity of more than one million tons per year, plus the company's extensive proven reserves, the facility will be able to quickly fulfill long- and short-term orders while providing direct rail access for unit trains.
CP says it is the only North American railroad to serve the Bakken Formation, covering portions of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Montana, and South Dakota in addition to North Dakota, and the U.S., the Alberta Industrial Heartland, and the Marcellus Shale formation in the U.S. Northeast (roughly from West Virginia through Pennsylvania and into New York, and including a portion of southern Ontario).


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Discussion in 'For Sale or Trade' started by yodudedudeyo, Sep 13, 2008.
Anyone have a Gamma flower?
Babolat & Wilson dampners
I have got 5 Babolat round custom damps, 2 yellow without the center and 3 black ones, 2 with the center piece.
Also have a few Wilson, 2 black W's, and one long clear ncode damp.
Looking for Yonex damps, any color.
email tenniznut123@gmail dot com if you have the Luxilon "o" dampeners!!!
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I would like the 4 babolatcustoms damps!!!!!
i would like the 5 babolat round custom damps
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Looking for O shaped shock asorbers.
Hi i'm looking for O shaped shock asorbers.
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2 O luxilon left
2 dampeners still available(on the right side)
1 yellow + 1 purple
I have a babolat rolland garros circular dampener if you would be willing to trade for a yellow emoticon damp.
2 Babolat Y-series Dampeners
I have 2 Babolat Y series dampers. These dampers must be placed on the strings while stringing. Dampener covers 6 mains, 4 mains must be threaded through the dampener. Looking for 2 other interesting dampeners. Please email.
Here's a video of the dampeners on a racquet.
You can e-mail me email@example.com
just get in touch through PM
anyone have some white samp damps they'd like to part with
(3) square clear dunlop dampeners
let me know if anyone would like these for any set of 16g or 17g strings.
Looking for black or yellow Babolat custom II dampeners; the square ones. They must have the rubber insert piece. E-mail at email@example.com and we can work something out.
Anyone have Disney dampeners for example like a Mickey face or Donald face?
Looking for a Babolat Custom dampner, round one, black with yellow writing. Insert not neccesary. I have same to trade in yellow with black writing, or blue with white writing, or red with white writing. Also have Luxilon dampner in purple, and Head clear dampner.
ROFL. I am ASTOUNDED that a thread about trading vibration dampeners could go on for 27 pages. Oh my gosh!!!
Anybody know where I can purchase multi-colored yin yang dampeners? I noticed some pop up on my **** and I know the kids I string for will love them!
They're always trying to snag my legit white and black ones.
Looking to trade all of the dampeners below for either:
2x babolat custom dampener (version I or II) or 2x any wilson bowl o' fun dampeners or any combination of the above.
Does any body have the middle part of the babolat shock absorbers
Anybody have all the different colored yin yangs?
I've been looking for a while for the tye dye oval volkl dampeners. Please someone help!
Anyone have any babolat custom 1 dampeners in yellow or black. Or the aero version. I have babolat custom damp 2 to trade in white/red and blue/white. I can also trade a pack of volkl vtorque 17 gauge for two of the custom 1 damps. Thank you.
i think i may have the black ones
Email me please at mattavery8 @ gmail . Com
I've got several wilson shock traps I'd like to trade for something Babolat, Gamma, or Yonex. Email me at jajafofo at gmail dot com.
Want to trade my dampeners for babolat alien head dampeners...
1 black "W" wilson dampener
1 navy blue "W" wilson
1 red and 1 black pete sampras "O"
4 head logo (3 clear, 1 black)
1 worm head dampener (grey)
1 Black babolat dampener (without the beads)
1 navy blue yonex Triangular shaped
1 prince rectangular shaped
email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Ι am looking for a Wilson Pro Feel PLUS dampener. I am willing to exchange it with a Wilson Pro Feel one.
Alternatively I can offer a 40feet piece of string Gosen OG sheep micro 16g.
Looking for either Luxilon purple O dampener or an oldschool wilson one with the "longer" W. Message me through my profile! I have a couple to trade or I can give you sets of syn gut.
Looking for the "Ace" playing card vibration dampener, please PM me. Willing to pay or trade, I probably have about 20-25 other damps of many brands.
man i never saw them before. Really funny
I have the ace... email me email@example.com
I have an angry bird one if relevant
Looking for one or two Luxilon Vibra Killer dampeners- I have the following to trade below including a Luxilon O and/or cash.
Email me at alexandersonmusic(@)me(dot)com.
Anyone have the purple Luxilon Vibra Killer? I have the purple/pink O Luxilon for trade or cash.
PM or email alexandersonmusic(at)me(dot)com
I have got one..
Regards Lars
Larspaulihansen at yahoo dot dk
Babolat Custom Damp
Looking for Babolat Custom Dampners, the round one with the rubber in the middle if anyone has some.
I'm not sure if anyone would still have these but I am looking for spongebob dampeners. Looked all over the net for them but no luck.
I am willing to trade ATP World Tour dampeners, in white or blue, for non-poly strings. email@example.com
I am looking for green/red/orange Babolat Cosmic Damp
I have these for trade:
2 black "W" wilson dampener
4 head logo (3 clear, 1 black)
1 navy blue yonex Triangular shaped
1 prince rectangular shaped
email me at email@example.com
I have 5 or so purple Luxilon dampeners and would trade a few. Let me know if your interested. You can contact me by sending a PM. Thanks!
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Death Cab for Cutie talks to MTV about their inspiration for Meet me on the Equinox:
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The inspiration behind the tune is drawn more from Gibbard's own life rather than the lives of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen, he explained.
"The song at its core is just about meeting another halfway, because life is very short, because there's only a brief period of time to really connect with people, and that it's important to recognize that," Gibbard said. "I haven't read all of the 'Twilight' books, but I know a bit about them, and I think the song is really based on tones of the series.
"Like, I think it would've been really easy to write a song that was like a book report, and I've always kind of disliked book report songs, even though I'm guilty of a couple myself over the years," he continued. "I just wanted something that kind of tonally matched the story and the scenes within the film, so they could kind of be put alongside but not be telling a narrative you're watching on the screen."


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Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated February 18, 1871.
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Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated February 18, 1871.
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Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 1871.
My Dear Mr Marsh.
Your letter of the 24th ult. was duly received & read with the avidity with which we always pounce upon all your communications; & Lucy begs me to thank you for the pretty little photographs addressed to her.
We were very sorry indeed that you had the trouble in your eye, & trust that before this you have entirely recovered from it. We sympathise with in you and your affliction caused by the illness of your niece, & regret that Mrs Marsh has such a trial added to her own responsibilities.
I hope you will like my articles in Harper's Monthly & Harper's Weekly, although I am afraid I shall fall under your ban by doing the very thing that you object to, in the case of some others. I do not generally give any references to the titles of the works or articles from which my matter is taken; partly because it would disfigure the general appearance of the page, & partly -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- because it is very seldom indeed that I present a paragraph pure & simple & from one source, but in nearly every instance take occasion to supplement it by some original criticism or suggestion, or by some addition from one or more other sources.
Mary says I do this because I do not want to let people see my sources of information, for fear they may find out now improperly I quote them; but this is a base slander. I am always willing to furnish to any body asking it a reference to the original article made use of.
Since I wrote you last I have entered upon a new style of business, my interest in the fishing question having culminated in the passage of a Resolution ordering the President to appoint a Commissioner of Fish & Fisheries on the part of the U.S., to take the whole subject of the diminuation in the supply into consideration & to suggest remedies, if any can be thought of, for the restoration to their full numbers. I have received the appointment -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- from the President, & am now before the Senate for Confirmation, about which I presume here will be no difficulty. An appropriation will be made to meet expenses of this labor, which, however, by the terms of the act, is to be done by myself without pay; & I hope to proceed at an early period to the Sea Shore, & there to commence my labors.
With much love to Mrs Marsh from all of us, believe me,
Sincerely Yours,Spencer F Baird note:Hon. Geo. P. Marsh,U.S. Minister,Florence.


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BrandOfHeroine wrote:Renesmee101 wrote:Oh, I wish she would! I'd like her to learn more from Leah than from her mother, cause if she has her mother's attitude... hm...nope, i won't like her that much.
But for now, I love her.
If she winds up being a Bella 2.0 I definitly wouldn't like Renesmee. But I'm hoping that since she'll be around several strong women that she'll be able to find her own personality and strength.
I think that thats part of why I'm not Nessie's biggest fan right now: I"m worried that she'll turn out like her mom. Ahhhh, an epiphany is on the horizon! I can feel it!


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[This was before the crowds…very big crowds!]
This post comes belated, but better late than never. The Village Voice Choice Eats 2011 took place last month, and each year it seems to get bigger, always with an impressive line-up of restaurants. Having attended in the past I figured I had a good strategy down. This event gets crowded but so long as you map out the restaurants on the top of your priority list and hit those first with no delay (not even for beer – and boy was there plenty of beer!), you should be okay.
Favorite bites from the evening:
Kobe Beef Belly and Chives from Takashi. We had an excellent dinner at Takashi the week before so I was truly excited to see them at Choice Eats. The woman serving at the event actually remembered me from the restaurant – that was pretty neat!
Chocolate and Eggplant with Ricotta Stracciatella from Del Posto. They also served this at SWEET 2010 – one of my all time favorite desserts
Shrimp Rolls from Red Hook Lobster Pound. They went fast as you can imagine.
Smoked Cauliflower, Buttermilk Waffles, Wild Arugula from Dirt Candy.
Smash-Bang Chicken from Baohaus. The only vendor that included white rice with their dish – almost makes me homesick for Hawai'i!


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Hugh Williams and I (Orri Erling) went to the Open PHACTS Steering Committee meeting in Vienna last week. I am a great fan of Open PHACTS; the meetings are fun, with a great team spirit, and there is always something new to learn.
Paul Groth gave a talk about the stellar success of the the initial term of Open PHACTS.
"The reincarnation of Steve Jobs," commented someone from the audience. "Except I am a nice guy," retorted Paul.
Commented one attendee, "The semantic web…., I just was in Boston at a semantic web meeting – so nerdy, something to make you walk out of the room… so it is a definite victory for Open PHACTS and why not also semantic web, that something based on these principles actually works."
It is a win anyhow, so I did not say anything at the meeting. So I will say something here, where I have more space as the message bears repeating.
We share part of the perception, so we hardly ever say "semantic web." The word is "linked data," and it means flexible schema and global identifiers. Flexible schema means that everything does not have to be modeled upfront. Global identifiers means that data, when transferred out of its silo of origin, remains interpretable and self-describing, so you can mix it with other data without things getting confused. "Desiloization" is a wonderful new word for describing this.
This ties right into FAIRport and FAIR data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable. Barend Mons talked a lot about this: open just means downloadable; fair means something you can do science with. Barend's take is that RDF with a URI for everything is the super wire format for exchanging data. When you process it, you will diversely cook it, so an RDF store is one destination but not the only possibility. It has been said before: there is a range of choices between storing triples verbatim, and making application specific extractions, including ones with a schema, whether graph DB or relational.
Nanopublications are also moving ahead. Christine Chichester told me about pending publications involving Open PHACTS nanopublictions about post-translation modification of proteins and their expression in different tissues. So there are nanopublications out there and they can be joined, just as intended. Victory of e-science and data integration.
The Open PHACTS project is now officially extended for another two-year term, bringing the total duration to five years. The Open PHACTS Foundation exists as a legal entity and has its first members. This is meant to be a non-profit industry association for sharing of pre-competitive data and services around these between players in the pharma space, in industry as well as academia. There are press releases to follow in due time.
I am looking forward to more Open PHACTS. From the OpenLink and Virtuoso side, there are directly relevant developments that will enter production in the next few months, including query caching discussed earlier on this blog, as well as running on the TPC-H tuned analytics branch for overall better query optimization. Adaptive schema is something of evident value to Open PHACTS, as much of the integrated data comes from relational sources, so is regular enough. Therefore taking advantage of this for storage cannot hurt. We will see this still within the scope of the project extension.
Otherwise, more cooperation in formulating the queries for the business questions will also help.
All in all, Open PHACTS is the celebrated beauty queen of all the Innovative Medicine Initiative, it would seem. Superbly connected, unparalleled logo cloud, actually working and useful data integration, delivering on time on all in fact very complex business questions.
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|2004-04-18, 01:08
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Bishoujo Goodness Galore!
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Stuck Between Reality and Fantasy
the dub acting seemed incredibly cliched (do they use the SAME cast for EVERY freakin Gundam dub or am i imagining things?)
i never got to see the fansubs it was licensed before i started using BT >_<
all i can do is wait for bandai to release the DVDs (which will be unedited...Bandai isn't frickin 4Kids after all)
|2004-04-18, 01:30
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I noticed that they cut a few scenes. The scene where athrun shoots marius in the arm and it kinda goes in slow motion. They either cut that scene because of the bad animation (it suffered from poor sharpness) or they cut it because of the blood. Who knows...but did any of you notice any other cut scenes? Also, I don't like how they just mixed a bunch of the OPs together and put anna ni issho datta no ni as the song. They cut part of the song as well. How about more songs and less commercials?...is what I would say if I was talking to the people at toonami.
|2004-04-18, 05:41
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Mech Engineer
One thing i do thank God for, is CN does most of it's own editing, so we don't have to worry about the DVDs being bad and evil
I did i have to lend out my ficken subs to someone i need to listin to the japanese Kira to save my soul
|2004-04-18, 09:48
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Location: Toronto Canada
Well, I figured this would happen. But you really can't blame most people for bashing the dub. Like a lot of other people said, having watched SEED in Japanese, they had the voices etched in their minds, and set a very high standard for what the dub should sound like. Actually I think SEED's Japanese cast is the best I've seen yet for any anime. Personally I won't have an opinion until the DVD's come out in September, cuz I live in Canada and don't get CN. Either way, I wouldn't jump to conclusions just yet. Remember the dub for Gundam Wing? I thought the acting for the first few episodes sucked. But as it got off the ground, the acting got better and better. Don't jump on the band wagon just yet. It's only the first episode. The Voice Actors will probably have gotten into their roles a few episodes down the road. Just wait and see. Not all dubs are destined to suck the whole series. But if you can't stand the dub, you can always wait 5 months for the DVD's to come out.
|2004-04-18, 10:03
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My rage at the situation isn't because the subs Japanese voices were burned into my brain.
My problem is that they made Kira sound like a surfer hippie.
Kira is NOT that confident in the begining, and surely dosn't sound like the next words out of his mouth should be " Duuuudes, Lets go hit a doobie and rip a gnarly curl ".
They gave these characters the most horrible, stereotypical white american hippie pothead voice actors imaginable.
I know, if ADV would have gotten this series.. it would have been Great.
I've never been disapointed with a ADV dubs.
Hell, Even Pioneer has done some great dubs. Trigun was an awesome job.
I've never been so disapointed in a dub then I am, right now, with Bandais bastardization of Gundam Seed.
|2004-04-18, 12:28
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It wasn't until much later that I learned that the origin of the word "Bastard" began as an vile remark to a child born out of wedlock. I may have insulted some people more than I meant to as a result of such learning process
|2004-04-18, 12:41
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All blood was removed.
Any scene that showed a person dying that wasn't part of the gun battle late in the episode was removed (examples: when Fraga's wingman Gale is killed, you see Gale looking terrified as a Ginn flew at him, thats gone. When the bombs planted around Archangel detonate, originally you see people in and around the ship caught in the blast, all those scenes are gone).
During the gun battle there were minor parts cut, but also dead bodies were digitally removed.
Sound effects for all gunfire is changed and I mean ALL, whether that's rifles and pistols being fired by people or the weapons of mobile suits and mobile armours, so that it sounds less like gunfire and more like lasers. It's been done so poorly that during the first space battle, when the Ginns fire their guns it uses the Phase Shift Armour activating sound effect. It's not even consistant, later in the episode when Ginns are firing their gun makes the sound of missiles launching. It's like they didn't even bother to make a new sound and just threw a random sound effect over the top of it.
The opening title sequence is gone, completely.
The end title sequence is completely mangled. The next episode preview has now been dumped *before* the ED, which causes problems since episodes always end with the ED music beginning while the episode is still going. Now the song is cut off, the next ep preview plays, then it cuts back to a cut down clip of the ending song playing over video from the third OP.
Apart from the CN editing which obvious sucks, I wasn't unhappy with the dub. Sure it has a bit of "surfer dude" syndrome, but overall it's better than average. Dub casts usually take a couple of episodes to get properly into character so I'll give it a couple of more episodes to see how it goes.
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|2004-04-18, 12:51
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what's forever etched in my mind after watching the first episode last night: they pronounce Kira's last name "YAMAto"...it sounds REALLY bad...
oh and Fraga is now Flaga...shoulda seen that coming but whatever
|2004-04-18, 13:05
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And this should have been done so long ago: that all "R" in character names gets pronounced "L"--save when the name was intended to be an Anglo-name--perhaps even spelled as such in the official English release. It pains me to hear, whether on TV or on the accidental DVD track, the absolute butchering resulted from "RAH-" of any kind. It's just... not pretty
|2004-04-18, 13:14
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I thought the dub was great. Cartoon Network handled the show horrifically, particularly all the commercial breaks and putting the preview before the ending, but the voices were great. Can't say I'm surprised with the reaction here though, you are the same people who were calling Bandai the devil for licensing their own property for US release in the first place. You have your beloved bootlegs, if you hate the dub that much just go back to them.
|2004-04-18, 15:36
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This is an addendum to my previous post, which was posted in rage, and may not have made too much sense.
I suppose my questions to the Dusters--the people who handle the dubbing--is why are they unable to take the time and find the right cast and give the proper coaching to the cast? I consider myself one of the most vocal person against Dubbing on the internet and off, not because of a rabid desire for the show to stay like when it was fansubbed, but out of the love of a show I've come to hold as one of the best shows I have seen. I am perfectly fine with the concept of dubbing in and of itself, and I realize that there is a giant market(North American) out there that is "too lazy to read subtitles." What I cannot stand, is the complete destruction of characters painstakingly built by the original producers and Voice Talents as soon as the first line is spoken in English. With all that said, I support dubbing, if and only if it is done faithfully to the characters and story itself. There is only one recent dub job that impressed me thoroughly and grants me hope for the better; that production is my yard stick in dubbing--it's not an anime, it's the Metal Gear Solid series, both One and Two. I have heard both the Japanese version and the English version on each title. The dub cast and their work on each game, lead by the Inimatable David Hayter, are the epitome of North American localization.
So far, I've not seen anything like it--that is what pains me so.
|2004-04-18, 16:21
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Industrial Smoke & Mirrors studios and the other that I didn't like is Monster Island studio.Sometime they use Bang Zoom Entertainment but its unlikely now.
Bandai mostly use Ocean studio which you are hearing from gundam seed.
They use different studio so they can't have the same VA.
|2004-04-18, 16:47
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The type-casting is what gets me: younger male characters (such as Nakahito from Steel Angel, the entire cast of digimon...or anything ending in -mon for that matter) are always played by the same actresses, these same actresses also always play the tomboy-ish female characters ("Izzy" from Digimon and Motoko from Love Hina have the same VA)
even the VAs themselves, in some of the extra commentary on some of ADVs discs, complain about being type cast. (Nakahito's VA said something along the lines of "Why do i always have to play little boys?")
and if you think a Bandai/ADV/FUNimation/Geneon/etc. VA has never worked on a project for another company...most of the VAs are just contracted to a specific company, much like some actors are contracted to a specific studio, or sports players are contracted to a specific team. For instance, some of the VAs working for 4Kids once worked for ADV
|2004-04-18, 17:17
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unless they are doing a part of the anime spin off that another company licensed then its not usually to hire an VA from other studio.
Geneon licensed soultaker and ADV licensed Nurse Witch Komugi.Some of the VA who is in soultaker are in Nurse Witch Komugi which is why ADV have to hire some of the VA in soultaker to do in Nurse Witch Komugi.Unless they are in this situation they don't hire other studio VA.
|2004-04-18, 17:18
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Emma Fan
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Age: 35
|2004-04-18, 21:07
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After discussion with various anime fans all over the world (and actually listening to non English dubs such as shows done in: French, Spanish, Korean), I am of the opinion that among dubs English dubs are often the worst. Spanish dubs done by Mexicans (even though I understand very little Spanish) are usually of very high quality, and I have heard the actors/actresses take their work very seriously. A friend of mine from South America told me VAs are pretty well known down there and have pretty wide fan bases. Same goes for French dubs (although French with Anime sounds a little weird), and the Korean dubs I have listened to have generally been good as well. None of them quite capture what the Japanese VAs did, but a lot of times the different takes on characters done by VAs who do stuff in these three languages is heartfelt and very interesting. English dubs generally sound less enthusiastic, less researched, less professional. Of course this is my opinion, but I feel that at least it's not an opinion coming out of a vacuum as I have heard many different dubs in many different languages over the years.
|2004-04-18, 22:09
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Location: Toronto Canada
Actually a couple of more prominent VA's from the Ocean Group (Brad Swaile: Dearka, and Lisa Ann Beley: Murrue), got cast in an anime licensed by ADV called Nurse Witch Komugi. Perhaps IS&M recruited them into their fold, or are just borrowing them. Well either way, Brad & Lisa are two of the best actors from the Ocean Group, so it's no surprise that IS&M would cast the two of them.
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by Alex J. Cavanaugh
Review by Bill Lawhorn
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Byron is based on Tgren, the most backwards of the ten races. He leads the Cassan forces that are protecting the Tgren from the attacks of the Vindicarn and Rogues. His wife, a Tgren, Athee is his copilot. His son, Bassan, is scorned for being the product of different races, but his potential means he will be a force to be reckoned with in the future.
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