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My name is ****a**** *a***** *****a*, also known as Eskimo Child. One of my friends called me that because of my big orange winter coat with the matching hat, scarf, and gloves.
This is a lot of useless info about me.
I am age fourteen years as of April 15. I am five feet, eight-and-a-half-ish inches. I live in Kentucky, where we never have snow days. My favorite colors are orange and purple, hence the coat. My hobbies are:
Reading, Writing original stories and fan fiction, Reading, Listening to rock and pop music, and watching Lost. (in my opinion, one of the best TV shows ever), watching Avatar:The Last Airbender.
I've taken a bunch of Harry Potter quizzes (sorting, personality, etc.) but I didn't bother to copy them into here.
I do remember that I'm Albus Dumbledore, Hermione, and Tonks, and that I'm in Ravenclaw (except on the forums I'm in Slytherin), that I ship Harry with Ginny, and that the HP Boy Marriage Quiz says I'm Mrs. Cedric Diggory. I also took some that told me that:
I'm a klutz, I represent the beginning of life, the magical being I'm most like is Spirit, I'm the wind, I'm water, I'm watched over by the Tranquil River Dragon, I'm an artist, and my beauty lies in plain sight. Actually, most quizzes seem to think I'm wind. So I'll just go with that.
My favorite characters from Harry Potter (roughly in this order) are: Hermione, Luna, Ginny, Harry, Fred and George, Tonks, Malfoy, Sirius, Dumbledore, Ron, Peeves, then everyone else.
The quiz that told me I ship Harry with Ginny is right. It's Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hermione for me.
Most of the stories I have (which WILL be on here sooner or later) have those pairings and often Malfoy with an original character.
I read and write lots of fan fiction, but most stories I've written I still haven't put on here yet!
My friends are:
Eeyore Child (she's an author on here but she hasn't logged on since she registered)
Bohemian Love Child (she's the one who made up all these Child names)
Spirit Child (she's a cheerleader and a writer)
Silent Child (she wants to marry Draco Malfoy, and is reading over one of my stories for me)
River Child (she likes Japan, and most kinds of art, and she was a dancing banana the other day. but you kind of had to be there to get that.)
and Converse Child (she plays guitar and soccer)
Also, I have a friend who likes Peanuts and has a dog named Charlie Brown,
A friend who has a dragon on her shoulder, which gets her into trouble,
A friend who calls me my name backwards,
A friend who has a new puppy,
And a friend who has lots of manga books and lends me DNAngel books.
PS- I have the same birthday as Emma Watson! (except mine is two years later)
This story is very, very, very funny. (With a lot more "very"s)
I've only read the first seventeen chapters, but I really like the story so far. It is really well written.
I really liked this story.
I haven't heard that song though, I'll have to look for it.
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Osama Bin Laden's Family Doesn't Believe He's Dead
Even al Qaeda has confirmed that Osama bin Laden was killed by Navy Seals. But Osama bin Laden's son, Omar bin Laden, says he and his family are "not convinced" his father is dead.
In a statement published by the New York Times, Omar bin Laden writes:
I Omar Ossama Binladin and my brothers the lawful children and heirs of the Ossama Binladin (OBL) have noted wide coverage of the news of the death of our father, but we are not convinced on the available evidence in the absence of dead body, photographs, and video evidence that our natural father is dead. Therefore, with this press statement, we seek such conclusive evidence to believe the stories published in relation to 2 May 2011 operation Geronimo as declared by the President of United States Barrack Hussein Obama in his speech that he authorized the said operation and killing of OBL and later confirmed his death.
The family also wants the UN to investigate the legality of the operation that killed an unarmed Osama bin Laden, which they claim "blatantly violated" international law. (International law experts also have some doubts.)
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so, not having one of his shafts... we lube.
so, not having one of his shafts... we lube.
Ride Safe, Ride Lots
Yep, lube is good! We were tearing down a bike when he showed it to me. I had noticed the clutch plate splines on the 1150 parts bike were in good shape but the wear pattern showed the lack of any contact near the forward end. This seems to be an oversight to me. Why would you not use all the contact area available in such a high force/stress application? So the improved shaft seemed a great upgrade idea to me but I agree (and so does he) that it is very expensive.
Point is BMW should have made them longer in the first place. Kinda goofy that they didn't.
MJM - BeeCeeBeemers Motorcycle Club Vancouver B.C.
There is no reason for BMW to have only an 80% engagement, unless is was to use an existing part design & inventory, or somebody just screwed up (that happens too). However, my guess is that the extra 20% of engagement would have less influence on life that most would think. The real problem is alignment & resulting fretting wear. IOW I'd infinitely rather see a better alignment than another 20% engagement.
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This morning I came across a product that some of you may know, TS-801 Dry Film Moly. It seems like the lubricant would not be inappropriate for splines and it is claimed that the carrier evaporates.
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"Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing 'Embraceable You' in spats."
That's filmmaker Woody Allen's tribute to trees, and an appropriate quote for Arbor Day, which is typically the last Friday in April each year.
Arbor Day is a celebration of trees that dates back to the 1870s. The first event took place in what was then a virtually treeless Nebraska, to encourage the planting of trees.
One of the Arbor Day events in the Twin Cities Friday took place at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, kicking off an effort to reforest the grounds with disease-resistant elm trees. Since 2002, the fairgrounds has lost more than half its elm trees.
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Newsweek, the only newsweekly to lose advertising during the first quarter of 2011, continues to dwindle almost to the point of irrelevance.
The April 18, 2011 issue features just six ads, plus an endemic one for "Newsweek's digital companion" The Daily Beast (also known as "the website of choice for nearly 7 million people every month!"). Tina Brown cannot be happy with the difficulties the new-look NewsBeast is having. The editrix managed to secure barely one ad page for every nine of content. That is not going to pay Sidney Harman and Barry Diller's bills.
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It is the most-anticipated regular season college basketball game in this state since, well, who can remember?
As Michigan and Michigan State, finally, are set to meet late Tuesday night in East Lansing, my initial thought:
- The fourth-ranked Wolverines probably have the more talented collection of players.
- The eighth-rated Spartans probably have the better team.
After toying with the thought of declaring for the NBA Draft, Michigan's resident star and college player of the year candidate, Trey Burke, not only decided to return, but is a better player than as a freshman. Shooter Tim Hardaway Jr. has progressed, as well. Freshmen Glenn Robinson III, Nic Stauskas and Mitch McGary have more than lived up to their considerable hype athletically and statistically.
Yet, there have been cracks in Michigan's armor which have been exposed during conference road games vs. higher-level opposition.
As balanced as Michigan's team has been in theory, in reality, the Wolverines have too often leaned on Burke. Robinson III and Stauskas did not play well in road losses at Ohio State, Indiana and Wisconsin.
Still, the Ohio State loss was very close (a 3-points attempt late by Burke went in and out of the basket), and the Wolverines would have beaten Wisconsin were it not for a nearly half-court heave going down, which put the game in overtime.
Michigan coach John Beilein has come under fire because the shooter was not defended on the shot. It was similar to how the Wolverines lost to Ohio State a couple years back.
It all has the Wolverines' collectively smarting - and Spartans collectively smiling. Undoubtedly, chants of "overrated, overrated, overrated" will cascade down upon the Wolverines Tuesday at the Breslin Center should they falter. The Wolverines will either enter Tuesday's game with a huge chip on their shoulder and standup to the improving and typically mentally-strong Spartans and their decidedly intimidating crowd, or they will surrender to the moment.
One way or another, it will be revealing. It's a true test as to whether the Wolverines are merely a magnificent collection of basketball skill, or a solidly-bonded unit.
The Spartans had a sputtering start. A surprising season-opening loss to Connecticut, a lackluster performance at Miami and a conference-opening loss at Minnesota put the Spartans under the radar. They've also had persistent injury issues. There is, in addition, a matter of style. When Michigan plays well, it is breathtaking. They look like a national championship contender. On the other hand, the Spartans grind out wins - by three at Iowa, five at home vs. Illinois, by two at home to Ohio State, by two at Wisconsin.
The Spartans play tough defense, they crash the offensive boards and don't flinch when it gets tight - home or road. In other words, they are made in coach Tom Izzo's image.
And MSU's talent is underrated. Gary Harris is the best freshman in the Big Ten. Brenden Dawson is playing very well. Both were huge recruiting lands for Izzo.
Adreain Payne and Derrick Nix give MSU a superior inside game to the Wolverines, who live or die by jump shots. Keith Appling has been around for awhile. Burke will have to work hard on both ends of the floor.
This game will hardly make or break the season for either team. How far a team goes in the NCAA tournament trumps all. Conference titles are next in line. Then it's head-to-head - even for MSU-Michigan.
But it would be avoiding the gravity of the moment to suggest this isn't a key game. There is much to lose.
For Michigan, it's recent respect gained. For MSU, years of sustained success will be questioned with a loss.
Added to an always-sizzling rivalry, it makes for a huge encounter by any standard.
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adding some lines to the sample seed data. removing old doc.
updating all the seed data values with the latest from a DB dump from my box. this adds a bunch of UI permissions I had been working on. it also cleans up the index numbers (start at reasonable values) added in insert lines for the sequences that are commented out the sequences don't appear to be needed currently, but may be necessary for oracle or other DBs without GET_LAST_INSERT_ID
bring the seed data a bit more up to date. permissions now sync'd with the phpgacl_seed data. clients and scripts updated.
removed clientid from job_conditions. changed run_interval to run_schedule added return_output to scripts table. will help with post-processing. added a few drop table if exists lines to the phpgacl code. added commented-out sequences should they prove necessary.
Flow charts for the current status of the jobs subroutines.
some larger structural changes here. userid, clientid, and permid are no-longer auto_increment values they instead will take their IDs from the gacl ids assigned. this makes linking between the tables much easier since the ids will always be the same. (no more lookups) also adding a bare_scire.sql file with a minimal setup this combines scire.sql and scire2.sql
use scire;
adding sample scire.conf file for backend server use added initial phpgacl_seed file.
adding in default phpgacl db creation so as to avoid having those stupid setup.php pages.
updating the database schemas. the additions may be temporary tables.
removing old html and templates directories so they don't confuse adding screenshots for the user tour.
dunno what changed here but it must be better than it used to be!
adding proposed dyn_tags table. this is just an idea not sure how it'll actually end up
updating schema for last_run in jobs_conditions and adding recommended perm,priority to scripts revised sample sql as well.
updating sample sql with new meaning of status field in the clients table
adding in the permcategory line.
just adding more sample lines.
don't print cert digest in client
various updates around the board. mainly focusing on client and user pages. some DB updates and asthetic changes. preparing for user sessions
updated some scire database interface files fixed some queries fixed the exporter pages (as useless as they are now).
adding sample DB entries
updating svn with current copy from wiki
small update
still totally a work in progress but here's an updated db design
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adding first pass, working off of what codeman already has, will need much more thought though, since db structure is going to be a pain to change
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add scire sql for sessions table
adding little doc I wrote on the train home
better spacing
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Influential Gomez struck by motorist
Angels' 84-year-old special assistant in critical condition
By Lyle Spencer / MLB.com
His condition was described as critical, but Gomez, according to a club spokesman, was responding to tests by the afternoon at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif.
"It's tough," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Preston means a lot to all of us here. Definitely, as the day goes on, we're getting a little better news. Hopefully, he'll keep improving. It's definitely something that's weighed heavily on everybody's minds today."
Jeff Wade, detective sergeant for the Blythe Police Department, reported that Gomez, 84, "suffered pretty major head injuries," in what he described as "just a freak and unfortunate accident."
Gomez was taken to a local hospital and then airlifted to Desert Regional Medical Center. Gomez was on his way home with his wife to Chino Hills, Calif., and had stopped for gas at a Chevron station.
Gomez, according to the police report, finished fueling his vehicle and told his wife he was going for a walk, stretching his legs, when he stepped into the next aisle and into the path of a large Dodge pickup truck.
The driver of the truck, Jesse Mashore, 31, of Concord, Calif., was field tested for sobriety and had blood drawn. There were no signs of alcohol or drugs.
"The man was crushed," Wade wrote in the report. "He was holding Mr. Gomez's hand and waiting for paramedics and officers to arrive."
Gomez spent most of Spring Training in camp with the Angels, a vibrant presence whose influence on manager Mike Scioscia has been extensive since they met 30 years ago with the Dodgers.
"He was my first camp leader with the Dodgers," Scioscia said. "Preston was there to take an interest in all us young guys, everything from understanding how missing signs can lose a game to attention to details. He's got a great baseball mind. We just hope and pray he's going to be OK."
Scioscia had withheld comment after conducting a meeting in a quiet Angels clubhouse before a scheduled Cactus League game at Tempe Diablo Stadium.
The first manager of the San Diego Padres in 1969, where he remained until 1972, Gomez also managed the Houston Astros in 1974 and 1975 and the Chicago Cubs in 1980.
A native of Central Preston, Oriente, Cuba, Gomez has been one of the most admired and respected gentlemen in the game for more than 60 years, the last 27 with the Angels as a Major League coach and then in his current role.
At 21, he played shortstop for the Washington Senators in 1944, batting .286 in eight games, and spent the rest of his playing career in the Minor Leagues.
Gomez launched his managerial career in the Mexican Winter League and was hired to a Minor League coaching position by the Dodgers. He led Spokane to the Pacific Coast League pennant in 1960 and also coached for Houston and St. Louis.
Gomez was inducted into the Hispanic Baseball Heritage Museum Hall of Fame in 2003.
Lyle Spencer is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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1. Mac Pro
A year ago, Apple CEO Tim Cook promised to redouble the company's efforts to maintain secrecy, something that had slipped following the loss of phone prototypes in 2010 and 2011. At its 2013 developer conference, the company headed in the opposite direction by offering a preview of the forthcoming redesign of its Mac Pro desktop computer.
There's a certain logic to the decision: Media professionals who use the Mac Pro have been pressing Apple to demonstrate its continued commitment to high-powered desktop workstations as the company's product line has become increasingly mobile-focused.
Following a lackluster Mac Pro update last summer, Cook reportedly wrote an email to one concerned customer, reassuring him that a new Mac Pro was planned for 2013. That's about as close as Apple gets to disclosing an enterprise roadmap.
The Mac Pro obviously matters to Apple, not just as a nod to the company's past, but as a proof of life: When Phil Schiller, SVP of worldwide marketing, said Apple was breaking with tradition to show off a future product, he did so in a way that was clearly intended to rebut criticism that dogged the company: "Can't innovate anymore, my ass!" Schiller declared as he showed off the forthcoming hardware.
[ Learn more about Monday's WWDC keynote. Read Apple Debuts OS X Mavericks, iOS 7, Mac Pro Tube. ]
Apple changed its name from Apple Computer, Inc., to simply Apple, Inc., in 2007, following the introduction of the iPhone. More than six years later, the company has demonstrated that it's still committed to traditional computers, even as the market moves away from them.
2. MacBook Air
It's hard to get excited about battery life. But battery life matters for mobile computer usage. If Apple's claims about the power efficiency of the latest MacBook revision prove accurate for real-world usage, the company could further distance itself from competing PC makers, which have had a hard time coming up with notebook designs as compelling as the MacBook Air.
Apple is promising all-day battery life. The company says its new 11" MacBook Air will last nine hours on battery power and its 13" model will last for 12 hours, up from about five hours. For users who can recharge their MacBook Air at night, this effectively eliminates the possibility of being without power.
Much of the credit goes to Intel's power-efficient Haswell chip set -- something competing computer makers will be using, too -- but Apple is also focusing on tuning its OS X software to use less power. The forthcoming version of OS X, known as OS X Mavericks, adds features like Timer Coalescing, App Nap and Compressed Memory to further prolong battery life on Mac notebooks. When it comes to power consumption, less is more.
3. iOS: AirDrop
Sharing files will get a lot easier under iOS 7, at least between iOS devices. A feature previously available in OS X, AirDrop, will be available on mobile devices through iOS. Apps can use AirDrop to share photos, videos or other content with people in the user's Contacts list.
Craig Federighi, SVP of software engineering, noted that AirDrop works, "no bumping required," in reference to Android's approach to local data transfers, bumping phones. Whether having to click "Accept" is any better than a physical gesture isn't immediately obvious. But AirDrop is a much needed feature in iOS.
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Smartphone thefts have surged recently and Apple has been under pressure to do something about securing lost mobile devices and data, as have competing smartphone makers.
iOS 7 offers an answer: It includes a feature called Activation Lock that prevents the Find My iPhone feature from being disabled without the device owner's Apple ID and password. It also prevents a device from being reactivated after it has been remotely erased (which can be done via Find My iPhone). While this won't make a powered-down iPhone trackable or erasable, it should make stolen iPhones less valuable to thieves.


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Some couple month ago marked my second year here on this rwebsite. I absolutely love this rrrrplace because I can read other people's ropinions about music and most of the people here rrrrshare my passion rfor music which I can't find in the real world. I visit this site every rday, rrrrsometimes for a couple minutes and then other times a couple of rhours. Whenever I'm rrrrlooking for new music I turn to Sputnik for rguidance. This list shows the top 25 albums I rrrrfound during my second ryear here. Thank you, Sputnik, for all the great recommendations rrrrand ran amazing year of musical discovery. Hopefully the next is as great ras this one.
Not much to say about this album except for it being a really good album. Jonny
Craig fit really well on this album and I kind of wish I heard more. Best song on
this album is I Still Feel Her Pt. 4.
Dance Gavin Dance
Downtown Battle Mountain II
The highly anticipated follow up to my favorite DGD album and it kind of let me
down. Only in the sense that there was hype surrounding Jonny Craig's return
and Jon Mess. While this album was damn good. I couldn't help but feel that it
was their weakest effort. Besides that it is still a great release by an amazing
Brand New
Deja Entendu
I feel like this album should be higher up, but as for now I'll keep it here. Very
good album except that some songs just don't stick out for me. I enjoy the
songs, but some aren't as memorable.
A Lot Like Birds
Plan B
Right when Conversation Piece came out is when I decided to give these both
listen. Being a DGD fan and all and hearing about Kurt Travis joining this new
band I was intrigued. Interestingly enough, I prefer the album that doesn't
have Kurt Travis on it albeit it was still a good album. This album had much
more playful guitars and was really good even with little to no lyrics sometimes.
This was a great album except for a few minor hiccups. Favorite tracks: Hallows
or Horcruxes, Your Ex Marked my Spot, and How I Parted the Red Sea.
Dance Gavin Dance
Dance Gavin Dance
Probably their third worst LP, but it is still a great album. There might be a few
songs here and there that are just alright, but it still has some damn good DGD
We Do What We Want
The follow up to one of my favorite post-hardcore albums doesn't disappoint. I
knew this wasn't going to be like In Shallow Seas which is why it wasn't a
disappointment, but it doesn't really come close to its predecessor. This is still a
strong album delivering great songs like The Curse of Perfect Days, The Cheval
Glass, and I'm Not Here For Rage I'm Here For Revenge.
Bon Iver
Bon Iver, Bon Iver
Sputnik's best of 2011 album made it to my number 19. Still good I think
considering the rest of the albums on my list. I listened to For Emma and this
one almost at the same time. For Emma was first and then Bon Iver, but after
a while of listening to the two I felt that For Emma was the better of the two.
With that being said this is still quite an amazing album.
Mac Lethal
North Korean BBQ
My best friend showed me this in his relentless pursuit into showing me a rapper I would enjoy. While it might not be
my favorite rap album of all time, Mac is my favorite
rapper and this is my second favorite rap album. What makes this album is the
cynical and depressed lyrics. While there may be moments of happiness it is
dominated by cynicism and depression. It gives the album a very appealing
personality especially when accompanied by Mac's great beats and clever word
play. Favorite tracks: Feel It In The Air, War Drum, Suitcases, and
Say Anything
Say Anything
Max's clever word play really helps make this album. There is little music out
there that not only sounds really good, but also makes me laugh. Hate
Everyone always makes me laugh and is a song that I can relate to. And that is
also the song that actually got me into listening to Say Anything.
Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
The production quality of this album makes it so genuine. I know it has been
said, but the lyrics are extremely personal and that adds so much more to the
music. Bon Iver writes some amazingly beautiful folk songs that aren't written
today at this caliber. Favorite tracks: Lump Sum, Flume, and for Emma.
Destination: Beautiful
The title of the album really defines this album. It is indeed quite beautiful. This
has recently become one of my favorite bands even though they are technically
broken up. Just like The Everglow (The Everglow is easily way better though),
D:B takes you on a journey. This album takes me to a place to where I don't
give a fuck about everyday annoyances and inspires me to do better. Mae's
music seems to have that effect on me.
Deas Vail
Birds & Cages
Absolutely gorgeous. I can't think of another band that writes music as
beautifully as this except for Mae or Sigur Ros. This is one of those albums that
just makes me feel really really good. This album is invigorating when I'm in a
shitty mood and it turns that around. The Things You Were, Birds, and Dancing
in Perfect Time are a couple favorites.
Death Cab for Cutie
Somber yet beautiful. This is a darker album, but the beautiful side of music
doesn't always consist of happiness or fun. To experience music is like
experiencing life. One cannot live without feeling some pain and this album
illustrates this type of mood. This album doesn't necessarily make me feel like
that because I enjoy it, but experiencing the somber tone of this album is what
makes it so great. Not to mention the amazing music. This top 15 part of the
list was extremely difficult to make.
The Decemberists
The Crane Wife
Nothing special in my life really happened during this time except for the fact
that I really enjoyed this album. What really first caught my attention was
listening to The Island and I got this Jethro Tull like vibe from the music. This is
an excellently crafted album and I can't get enough of it.
Maps & Atlases
Perch Patchwork
My other best friend who started figuring out my liking of Indie music showed me this
pretty awesome song called Solid Ground. I was really impressed with the style
of vocals. Upon further inspection I fell in love with the beautiful indie pop
stylings of Maps and Atlases. Pigeon, Perch Patchwork, and The Charm are my
Manchester Orchestra
Simple Math
I don't think I liked Means Everything to Nothing as much as everybody else
did, but I still kind of liked it. So when I heard this album was coming out I
honestly didn't give 2 shits about this album because I their previous album
didn't catch my attention all that well. After hearing so much about it I decided
to see what was so great. It improved on its predecessor in every way possible.
Pensacola ruled my life for about 2 weeks.
Arcade Fire
There can be a lot said about this album, but the reason why it's so special to
me is because I think this is the first Indie/Alternative album that really got me
into the genre. Listening to this album brings back some of my best memories
of the past year and I adore this album from start to finish.
Say Anything
...Is a Real Boy
It took me quite a long time to understand this band. Yeah some songs might
be catchy, but I never saw them as really that good at first. For some reason I
was in the mood to listen to some pop punk and I gave them another whirl and
never looked back since. While my first Say Anything album was their self titled,
this is easily their best. Every song on there is pretty damn good, but I love The
Writhing South, Admit It!, and Chia-like, I Shall Grow the most.
Sufjan Stevens
The Age of Adz
The truly great albums are ones that take more than just the first listen to
grasp how amazing the music really is. That was the case with Sufjan's The Age
of Adz. After listening to Illinois this wasn't what I was expecting, but in a good
way. While Illinois might be better this album isn't too far off. Sufjan really
changed it up on this album and he nailed it.
Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
This is in fact the first rap album that I have ever thoroughly enjoyed. This was
one of those albums that pushed me into breaking musical barriers and
discovering a new genre of music. I think the reason is because Kanye blends
music and rap so perfectly that it was easily accessible to me. Kanye even
mentioned that he listens to more rock than rap in his spare time. This album is
my favorite rap album of all time.
Fair to Midland
Arrows and Anchors
Darroh is probably my favorite vocalist out there. The vocal range on that guy is
astonishing. Not only that, but the musicianship on this album is top notch. It's
fast paced and beautiful all at the same time. And this is one of those albums
where the lyrics catch my attention because Darroh has a tendency of writing
very clever lines. I think this album is nearly flawless, but I still can't help but
feel that Fables was slightly better but I'm not too sure. Out of all the songs I
have heard in the past year I would have to say the Greener Grass is my
favorite. Gives me goosebumps every time.
The Dear Hunter
The Color Spectrum (Complete Collection)
I have always been a fan of The Dear Hunter and I waited a long time for this to
come out. This whole 9 EP concept really showed me how diverse Casey's
musical talent can really stretch. While each of the EP's don't necessarily match
the color it represents, it definitely shows a different style in music and I do get
some sort of resonance and understanding with the music that corresponds to
its color. There isn't a dull moment throughout the almost 2 and a half hour
long album. Oh btw, I think the Black, Yellow, and Violet EP's are the best.
Aim and Ignite
I enjoy all of Nate Reuss' music to date. Once again Nate and the gang write
another masterpiece. Not one song lacks in quality and each song holds their
own. Nate keeps a similar sound to The Format, but tweaks it a little bit to
sound more fun (no pun intended). I have listened to this album at least 100
times and not once have I ever been tired of listening to it. This album has
actually helped me through a lot of tough times. I almost wanted to rank this
number one, but it just barely missed it.
Sufjan Stevens
The first time I saw this album I think was on Sputnik's best albums of the
decade. I saw all the praise this guy got and thought that this album wouldn't
live up to the hype. After the first couple spins of this album I saw what
everybody was talking about. Not many albums lasting over 70 minutes hold
my attention as well as this album. After listening to most of Sufjan's work I
have come to the conclusion that he is a musical genius.
The Format
Dog Problems
I haven't found an artist that captivates me like Nate Reuss does in a very long
time. I've read a lot about this band and the one thing I truly admire about
Nate Reuss is that he genuinely has a love for making music. It definitely shows
in this album because each song is so excellently crafted that I feel like he took
the time and effort to make each song a masterpiece on its own. From the calm
beginning of Matches to the thrilling closer If Work Permits, I swoon to every
melody and sing every brilliantly scripted lyric. This is one of the best works of
music that has ever graced my ear holes.
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I found this rock on the beach in Sussex, it is very heavy for its size and is made up of hundreds of little columns packed together protruding from what looks like another piece of stone. It is definately a metal of some sort. Any help would be greatly received.
It appears to be an Iron Pyrite nodule
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I'd go as far as to suggest a marcasite nodule - easy to Google that!


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the little moan she makes is so hot!
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shall i put my main part into yours?
Would love to have her sit on my face
whos the father.lol!
How to get knocked up in Japan!
It will be hard for her to know who the farther is!
I always thought I was a pervert, but I don't get it? Where is the sexual fun, the guys are basicaly just having a wank and the young girl is being used like a dump, as the viewer I never found it remotely sexy or satisfying in any way just rather sad
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sickest shit ive seen for a while
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@Boom-Country: She and all those men are Japanese, not Chinese.
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With "Chan Fan Fever" gripping the world Mirai's recent tweet seems pertinent and her obvious gushing over Patrick is hard to deny.
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Going out to dinner with my parents as part of mother's day.
10 hours ago
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Our server looked just like patrick chan haha.
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Made mommy breakfast and got her starbucks yesterday...be proud of her and me. Cuz she ate the questionable omelet I made haha
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Even her coach does not escape her keen observations:
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In last month's article, I discussed the core elements of a strategic technology plan. One element described was establishing a vision for the use of technology including identification of critical outputs, namely metrics, reports and dashboards. As a consultant, I often find that law departments purchase technology to improve management information, but neglect to specify what information is required. Not surprisingly, current tool sets fall short of expectations, thereby requiring additional investments. In this month's article, I describe the process for outlining the vision for department management information and analytics to ensure that the strategic technology plan incorporates the necessary tools:
1. Identify metrics to measure current department initiatives. Leadership should conduct a working session to go through the department's most current strategic planning materials. For major initiatives, consider what to measure. Find a metric (or metrics) that leaders understand, and that will indicate if the department is progressing toward its goals. The best metrics are actionable, meaning that they can help leadership identify when to take corrective action (or demonstrate that no action is needed). For example, departments focused on cutting outside costs might look at total outside spend as well as ratios such as outside spend as a percent of revenue. When metrics start to deviate from plan, management should look at factors which impact spend, such as number of new matters and matter budget-to-actuals. Since it may not be obvious what the best metrics are, it is advisable to use external sources (peers, published resources, conferences, industry groups and outside experts) to help identify meaningful and useful metrics.
2. Create mock-ups. Ideally, the department should draft examples of how to present information. Seeing information laid out in report or dashboard format is the easiest way for users to ascertain if they will be able to work with the information. Again, best practice examples of reports and dashboards are plentiful. It is not necessary to start from scratch! More importantly, presenting a visual to a vendor, developer or other expert tasked with delivering the information ensures the department will receive what it desires. Further, as part of the planning process, these individuals will be able to scope and price the effort to deliver the information more accurately, thereby avoiding future surprises.
3. Identify the data necessary to produce desired metrics. Next, the department must consider what data will be needed to generate the metrics. Does the department have this data at its disposal? If yes, how easy is it to access? Common examples include limited querying and reporting capabilities, security or restrictions (including accessing data that resides in systems of other departments), data quality problems or the ability to integrate data from multiple systems.
4. Determine the technology required. If the department does not have the data, then the next step is to consider what new data will be needed. Does the department have the systems to collect, store and access the new data? If yes, can the department configure the current technology as needed? If no, what new technology is needed?
Once the department knows where it will hold its data, it must also consider whether or not the system's native querying and reporting capabilities will meet the needs for presenting the information. Many organizations already have corporate standards and licenses for enterprise reporting software that may be a suitable alternative to applications' native reporting capabilities. However, the department may need to secure approval, licenses, training and/or support to leverage these tools. Of course, if the currently available tool set cannot deliver upon the vision, then the department must seek new tools or alter its vision for information delivery.
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6. Incorporate into plan. Once the department has identified its needs and the tools and processes to support them, there should be a fair wish list of activities. The analytics activities identified should become part of the longer master list of projects within the strategic technology plan, and then go through the prioritization and road mapping process I described in my last article.
Most departments use technology to achieve two ends: to support daily activities or to provide management information to support business decisions. Dedicating time and effort to understanding the department's need and desire for management information is critical to selecting the appropriate technology. In next month's article I will discuss applying risk tools to a strategic technology plan. This is where the plan also begins to look at practice support activities.


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European policies must create favourable conditions for employment and economic recovery. This role is now even more essential due to the effects of the international financial crisis. European policies must also contribute to establishing an economy based on the principles of sustainable development, particularly considering the number of jobs which could result from it.
Commission Report "Employment in Europe 2009" [Not published in the Official Journal].
The year 2009 has been marked by the international financial crisis, which hugely affected the labour markets, after many years of growth in employment in Europe.
Although European Union (EU) countries may have been affected in different ways, they have all experienced a decrease in job offers. The Commission observes that certain population groups are more affected by the job losses: lower-skilled young people, temporary workers and older workers.
Through the internal flexibility of companies (shorter working hours, temporary partial unemployment, etc.) and wage concessions by workers, certain countries were able to limit the job losses. However, in 2010, the unemployment rate was expected to reach 11% in the EU.
In this context, European policies have a particular role to play. They must help to preserve jobs, help people into employment and support the most vulnerable. In addition, the Lisbon Strategy cycle comes to an end in 2010, and the EU must also develop new policy priorities in order to prepare for the transition to a low-carbon "green" economy.
Analysis of labour markets
European labour markets are relatively dynamic, which indicates that job offers correspond to demand. In fact in all the EU countries, workers can change job (22% per year), return to work or leave unemployment with relative ease.
However, long-term unemployment persists for certain population groups; it continues for more than a year for 45% of people affected. The most vulnerable people are women, older and low-skilled workers. To tackle this type of unemployment, the Commission recommends recourse to appropriate employment policies, based on the principles of flexicurity.
Climate change and the development of labour markets
The EU must adopt policies aimed at developing a competitive low-carbon economy. This transition towards a green economy must have a positive impact on the labour market, specifically through:
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Forecasts indicate that the sustainable development sector could create between 2.3 and 2.8 million jobs between now and 2020.
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The Commission also recommends the introduction of policies based on the principles of flexicurity, a respect for workers' rights and an increase in social spending.
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- For further information, please visit the website of the European Commission's Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs.
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So is it not a Blackberry? Is it not a BB 10 device? Is it not a phone?
It's a development mule, which will contain an early version of BB OS10, but not the final version as it obviously isn't ready to ship. The physical design of the device will allow devs to test their apps with the same screen resolution - 1024x600 if they're matching the Playbook, (and probably screen size but it could change). I imagine it will also have the multitasking and notification metaphor of the OS to allow devs to integrate their apps into it.
That it's even more of an unfinished disaster than previously believed?
Really fyzikapan? Do you go out of your way to be combative and ignorant, or does it just come naturally? RIM has repeatedly said it's an Alpha device, not a finished one. Why is RIM living up to what they said they would provide an unfinished disaster?


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An Incredible Satellite Tour Of 15 Trash Dumps That Are Bigger Than Towns
Mexico, Brazil and South Korea's all claim to possess the world's largest landfill. We're not sure why they want the title.
The manager of Mexico's Bordo Poniente says that the landfill beats South Korea's Sudokwon Landfill in terms of surface area, but is a little behind in volume received.
The 3,000 scavengers going through the trash at Rio de Janiero's Jardim Gramacho landfill, the third contender, are the subject of this year's Oscar nominated documentary Waste Land. They collect around 200 tons of recyclable material per day.
The largest in the US by daily tons of trash received is Las Vegas' Apex landfill, which narrowly beats Los Angeles' Puente Hills according to Waste & Recycling News.
However, we say the largest in the world is the Pacific Trash Vortex or the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where broken down plastic floating beneath the surface accumulates in the north central Pacific Ocean.
This list, while not exhaustive, includes garbage dumps with the largest area, mass, human scavengers and toxicity to humans.


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Each week Arcane Brilliance endeavors to give you a tiny peek into the vast and mysterious world of Mages. This peek comes at the cost of your very soul. Really, it totally does. Ok, so I'm lying. Your soul will be fine. No soul-related problems will come from reading Arcane Brilliance. That we're aware of.
Mages complain a lot. We do. A stroll through the first couple pages of threads over on the official Mage forums is more often than not like a guided tour of QQ central. For instance, as I write this there's a four-page topic on quitting the game over not being able to downrank spells anymore. Yes, it's terrible, but apparently a level one Warrior is considering leaving the game because he can't save a bit of mana on his main by casting rank 1 Frost Nova. I sense a great disturbance in the Force, as if one first-level Warrior cried out in terror and was suddenly silenced. I think we all share a great sense of loss here.
To be frank, in these heady days of Living Bomb spells that look like they might actually be useful, Frostfire Bolts that have the potential to be very, very powerful, Deep Freezes that have become instant cast and do nice damage, an Arcane tree that looks as if it can stand alone as a high-DPS tree, and of course Polymorph: Penguin, I feel as if there simply isn't much left for us Mages to complain about. In fact, as the Wrath beta progresses, I find more and more about our class that inspires an overall sense of optimism.
Still, I dream of better things. I'm happy at the direction we appear to headed in, but there a few things I wish for our class--a short list of improvements, most of which I have wanted for a very long time. I'm not finding fault, just wishing. A Mage can dream, can't he? Join me after the break for a brief Mage wish-list, the things I dream of when I'm not setting fire to Fel Orcs.


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It's been good to finally be back on the field doing what I love -- pitching.
I missed all of last season and the first couple months of this season due to an elbow injury. It required a lot of hard work and rehab following surgery to return, but it was all worthwhile.
It's easy to take the game for granted. It comes naturally for most of the guys at this level and you don't realize how good it is until it's taken away from you. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to pitch again before the surgery.
Now, every day that I step out on the field is a day I feel blessed. I'm confident in saying that I feel 100 percent physically now.
Thinking back to a few months ago, I thought I was ready to come back at the start of this season. I felt good out on the mound and was throwing well. But it didn't last long. I had some stiffness in my neck and soreness in my elbow, which told me that I wasn't 100 percent. That made me work even harder in my rehab sessions.
When I first returned in June, I didn't feel like my breaking ball was working like I wanted it to. I really had to work on getting my breaking ball back into form. Now I think I'm where I want to be with the breaking ball. I've also got the slider working as well as my new pitch -- the changeup.
While my numbers look comparable to before the injury, I haven't really paid attention to stats this year. I wasn't expecting to come back and throw one shutout inning after another. My goal was to get back in the groove and hopefully help my team win some games.
The rest of the season, I really want to focus on my location. When I work down in the corners is when I'm at my best. I want to make good pitches and when I do that, I'll get those batters out.
Luis Ayala returned to Washington in late June after he missed all of the 2006 season due to reconstructive surgery on his elbow. The 29-year-old right-hander from Mexico has a 2.78 career ERA over 248 games with Montreal and Washington.
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Fred Jones
Juan Dixon
the consistent year after year of "oh, this will be Joey Graham's year. He's the hardest working raptor in practices"
the 3 minutes of "Quincy Douby is the real deal"
the whole "Hassam Adams is going to be our defensive specialist"
That horrible experience that was Hedo
There was a large chunk of people who had faith in Kapono despite his inability to not drag his feet when he WASN'T dribbling
hell, it wasn't that long ago that they tried to convince us that Darrick Martin's guidance was the key to developing our young talent
While we're on this topic... how many BCs have we had........?
I'll tell my Esposito story. Back in the Raps first year, Damon Stoudamire had, in my mind, the greatest single game performance ever by a Raptor, lighting Gary Payton up for a triple double as the Raps stunned the Sonics, embarrassing Seattle. So, when Seattle showed up a couple weeks later, Payton went into GOD MODE, shutting down Mighty Mouse and destroying the Raps. Esposito came in to get Damon out of there but Payton didn't care. Esposito had 6 turnovers in 18 minutes, including back-to-back charging fouls drawn by Payton............. at half court! I remember turning to my buddy and saying, "that's how awesome I am when I play against my 5 year old nephew". Vincenzo Esposito everyone!
I forgot about Pops Mensah-Bonsu!!
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This prevents V8 inlining. Lazlo's earlier experiments seemed to suggest ~30% gain.
I think this ticket is pretty moot these days.
I applied and ran these benchmarks using the lasted V8. These don't seem to make any difference. Perhaps V8 no longer has issues with the recursive cases? I didn't test beyond running the benchmark script. Might be worth getting something up on JSPerf.
So how did the benchmarks turn out for these?
Ok. Here's a new patch which eliminates recursion in push-tail and do-assoc. I guess the large data structure benchmarks should probably get in first – see
CLJS-357 (some benchmarks already attached – could use some scrutiny in case they're not exercising what they should be; initial runs indicate a very modest speedup).
I'll give pop-tail a little more thought and write a new patch for it sometime soon too. (Perhaps worth pointing out is that the zlvl precalculation in the current version of the pop-tail patch doesn't need to traverse any nodes – it's all bit twiddling – so it should be pretty cheap... I guess we'll see what the benchmarks say – I haven't actually ran them on this code yet.)
Awesome! Lets split the patch in two.
Here's a patch which eliminates recursion in all the fns mentioned in the ticket name.
I haven't done much in the way of measuring the impact on perf; a naive benchmark of (assoc huge-vector 123 :foo) seems to indicate a modest perf gain (a few percent shaved off the runtime).
Note that whether pop-tail as implemented in this patch is an improvement over the previous version is not that clear, since it needs to precalculate the level at which the main loop should terminate. Careful measurements will be necessary. (I wouldn't be surprised if the difference turned out to be unmeasurable, in which case I guess we needn't bother with the change.)
push-tail and do-assoc have no such problems – all the work being done needs to be done (and is now done in a non-recursive fashion).
Hm... Actually that probably means this patch should be split in two (pop-tail & rest). I'll get around to that soon.
More importantly, some benchmarks for large data structures should be added (assoc / conj of 32 items (at any rate, a large enough number of items for the tail to be pushed in) / repeated pops (again, enough to pop the tail)). ("Large" here means "large enough for the shift of the vector to grow at least to 10", meaning size > 1024 + 32; shift 15 would be better, requiring size > 32768 + 32.)


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Editorial: Target tax exemptions for needed state revenue
It's time for the Washington Legislature to close some tax exemptions in order to raise revenue.
Seattle Times Editorial
TIME for the Washington Legislature to systematically review and justify tax preferences.
For several years, this page has pushed first for reform of how state money is spent. The Times has argued, for example, that students would be better served if principals had the authority to dismiss teachers and hire the ones they wanted; that the public schools should be more accountable for the use of state money; and that in the Legislature, such reforms should come before new revenue.
Now the revenue side can no longer wait. The words should be, "reform and revenue."
A technology boom has begun in the Seattle area. To make sure as many of the new jobs are taken by people already here, the state's colleges must graduate more students in math, engineering and the health sciences. To maximize that, the whole educational system, for ages 3 to 23, needs to be upgraded, so that more students are prepared for college work.
And that means money, which is why the Legislature needs to review tax preferences.
For each one, it needs to look at how much revenue the state is giving up and what sort of economic and social benefit it is getting. Some preferences make sense. Others don't.
Over the next decade, these reviews should be done for all tax breaks. The Legislature should take the advice of Rep. Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, chairman of the House Finance Committee, and require that the Legislature periodically re-enact preferences, else they expire. (That includes tax preferences granted to the newspaper industry.)
On Thursday Gov. Jay Inslee presented a budget outline with $1.2 billion of new revenue, part of it from ending tax preferences. Here are several preferences that should be considered for elimination, some from Inslee's list and some flagged by the state's Joint Legislative and Audit Review Committee:
• Extracted fuel. The tax on fuel used in the refining process by the company that refined it. Passed in 1949, this was meant for sawmills that burned "hog" fuel, but is almost entirely used by five petroleum refineries. Repeal for petroleum use would raise $40.8 million per biennium.
• Spilled fuel. Since 1939, wholesale fuel buyers can deduct a small amount for fuel assumed to have been spilled at the terminal rack. The spillage has been reduced. Ending the break raises $5.5 million.
• Horse racing. Since 1935, state-licensed horse-racing venues have been exempt from ordinary business-and-occupation (B&O) tax on betting revenue. Ending this break raises $3.3 million.
• Insurance sold by fraternal societies. Since 1935, insurance premiums on policies sold by fraternal benefit societies such as the Grange have been exempt from B&O tax. Collecting the tax would raise $5.4 million.
• Telephone landlines. In 1983, the charge for ordinary telephone service was exempted from the tax now charged to cellphone owners. The cellphone companies have sued, demanding the tax come off. Instead, the state could collect the tax on landlines, too: $83.2 million.
• Farm auctions. A buyer of used farm equipment at auction pays no sales tax if the auction is on a farm. Remove this exemption: $5.6 million.
• High-technology research and development. R&D is crucial, but a state study found that the R&D tax credit produces few jobs at great cost. Repeal this break for companies with more than $25 million in total revenue: $32 million.
• Bottled water. It has been exempt from sales tax since 2010, though bottled water is not food. Tax it: $51.5 million.
These are just examples. The total two-year revenue from this list would be more than $227 million.
That is less than the governor's proposal. His proposal calls for an 11 percent increase in state spending, which is too much to lay on an economy that still has a 7.5 percent unemployment rate.
A significant amount of revenue does need to be raised. Perhaps necessary will be the extension of some taxes set to expire. And more efficiencies.
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'Pacific Rim' (2013) - Guillermo Del Toro's Mecha VS. Kaiju film.
As a big time science fiction geek, I feel like I'm being spoiled with all of these potentially great films coming out over the next couple years. Along with 'Elysium' -- 'Pacific Rim' is one of my most anticipated films to see in 2013. This flick came into fruition after Del Toro had a falling out with Universal after they wouldn't allow him to make the big budgeted 'At the Mountains of Madness' rated R. However, as a big time mecha fanboy -- a proud one at that -- I have to say that I'm glad 'At the Mountains of Madness' didn't happen, even if for selfish reasons. Anyway, pre-production and conceptual illustration has already begun, with filming set to begin in November 2011 and an eventual release date of July 12th, 2013.
The small plot synopsis for 'Pacific Rim' is as follows:
"This project will give the Hellboy filmmaker the opportunity to create two worlds. The first is an alternate version of Earth in the near future, decades after a historic date in November 2012 when the first kaiju, a towering Godzilla-like beast, emerged from a hole in the Pacific Ocean and attacked the city of Osaka, Japan. The second is "The Anteverse," another universe on the other side of that gaping portal, 5 miles below our ocean's surface. Since the first attack, the rim has been "spitting out" a variety of gigantic monsters at an increasing rate, which then stride out of the ocean and begin destroying sea-bordering cities, like Tokyo and Los Angeles. In order to combat these monstrous, otherworldly menaces, the military developed the "Jaeger" program, which trains teams of two pilots to jointly operate massive, building-sized mechanized suits of armor and high-tech weaponry."
I had the pleasure of speaking to someone who had more info on Jaeger system, there's apparently a lot of different styles of em', but the main focus is on the Mark I and Mark II. The Mk. 1 is more bestial in its design, while the Mk. II is actually very similar in design to a Gundam (finally, a huge bi-pedal mecha that resembles an anime design is coming to the big screen). Oh, and the Mk. II can perform kick-boxing like moves, so that should be interesting.
And here are some more minor plot details, which focus on the characters:
"The main character is the pilot of one of these Jaeger juggernauts, 23-year-old Raleigh Antrobus, who is haunted by memories of the death of his brother and co-pilot, Yance, in combat with one of the monsters a year earlier. Other characters who apparently feature are Mako Mori, the new female co-pilot Raleigh is paired up with, and Felicity "Flick" Kincaid, investigative journalist and fiancé of the late Yance."
The cast currently consists of: Idris Elba ('Thor'), Rinko Kikuchi ('Babel'), Charlie Day ('It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia') - damn right, son, and Charlie Hunnam ('Sons of Anarchy').
And while at Comic-Con today, Del Toro had these amazingly awesome quotes:
"Giant robots verses giant monsters. I cannot say more about the monsters. Some of the synopsis that is out there is not exactly accurate. There is going to be a gigantic spectacle of action, science fiction and horror."
"It's the most fun I've had in a Hollywood movie. Ever. It should be almost illegal. We are enjoying it so much. We are designing monsters all day long. Gigantic fucking monsters all day long."
"I'm really a freak every place I go. I don't quite fit in the independent scene. I don't quite fit in the art scene. I don't fit in the Hollywood scene. I'm a weird, strange, fat motherfucker and I plan to stay that way."
This definitely sounds like a labor of love for Del Toro. I couldn't be any more excited as a fan, especially after hearing his genuine love for the project. The guy is such a refreshing personality for Hollywood -- you can tell he's a bona fide geek. I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie, hopefully some conceptual art will come out soon. I really want to see what both the mechs and monsters look like.
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This sounds like an awesome film. Hopefully the production values will hold up, and the script will be decent. But considering this has Del Toro's name on it, and from what he says they're having fun making it, I can see this film turning out to be a very fun film.
Also I'm all for more mecha in western films, particularly piloted mecha. It's also been a while since we've had a "giant monsters rampage over city and cause general destruction" movie. w00t.
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Ditto on wanting to see more mech in Western films. 'District 9' really turned me on to that possibility, I became obsessed with mecha after seeing that movie. Primarily because of how unique its design and weaponry was. I can't wait to see what Del Toro does with mechs of these sizes.
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I think we're capable of churning out mecha to compete with the Japanese. It would be a terrible thing if giant robots continued to be only associated with Transformers and Michael Bay... For one thing, Transformers have no pilots, so the human characters inevitably feel tacked on.
I'm getting the feeling this movie could feel a bit like Evangelion. Obviously it will have it's own plot and direction (and probably not contain otaku bait like Rei/Asuka), but it shares that whole "apocalyptic monsters invading" thing. And we know that del Toro can nail stuff being horrific. Who knows what weird stuff he'll think up!
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I agree. I totally agree. I think with the VFX technology rapidly improving, we could start seeing more films similar to 'Pacific Rim' -- in that they'll feature giant bi-pedal mech or robots in general.
Yeah, a lot of people are drawing parallels between 'Pacific Rim' and 'Evangelion', and that's fair, there are some notable similarities. But in the end, I think Del Toro will allow this film to stand on its own two legs.
Anyway, here's a logo that was spotted at Comic-Con today:
Del Toro also provided this statement at Legendary Pictures' panel today: "It is my duty to commit to film the finest fucking monsters ever committed to screen and it is my duty to create the greatest fucking robots ever committed to screen."
I can't wait for this.
EDIT: Here's a video of Guillermo Del Toro talking about wanting to push the boundaries of VFX technology with this film:
'Pacific Rim' will also have its own panel tomorrow, really looking forward to getting more info.
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Oh damn, that's one sexy mech, with the head reminding me of the Crysis Nanosuits. Now if only they show us the rest of the mech. I didn't expect it to be that HUGE though, just from that poster alone it's head and neck alone is taller than any Gundam. This looks to be a Gunbuster-sized machine, if not larger.
Odd how America's first unique giant-robot movie in a long while is going SUPERSIZEME right off the bat
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Wouldn't be any different (in size) than starting with Mazinger and the like Super Robots.
Plus if they are suppose to fight Godzilla sized creature....you need to be big to take and throw a punch. ( I prefer Full Metal Panic sized Arm Slaves if this was a military type story without the Kaiju.)
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All we need to see now is what the Kaiju look like.
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By estimation, from just the poster alone, if the person is of average height of 1.8m, and if the head is 8 humans tall and the mecha has the ideal proportions of 9 heads, this mecha would be 129.6m tall.
Its a very impressive height with this estimate, beating Daitarn 3, Baldios and Ideon, but still not quite Gunbuster.
To reach 200m, the mecha head itself would probably need to be at the very least 10 humans tall and has to be more than 9 heads tall itself.
EDIT: Mazinger is a toy sized 20m by mecha standards, it could stand on Gunbuster's palm with more than enough comfort lol
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This November marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the local Crystal Coast Habitat for Humanity organization. There will be an anniversary celebration on Nov. 17 from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Presbyterian Camp Albemarle on N.C. 24 near Hibbs Road in Newport.
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This November marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the local Crystal Coast Habitat for Humanity organization. There will be an anniversary celebration on Nov. 17 from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Presbyterian Camp Albemarle on N.C. 24 near Hibbs Road in Newport.
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Five good reasons San Francisco Giants can win without Melky Cabrera: No. 2, Panda is back
Two days before losing Cabrera for the rest of the season, the Giants got Pablo Sandoval off the disabled list.
The Giants won't have Cabrera for the last 45 games of the regular season. They've already played 53 games with Sandoval on the DL and survived just fine, going 29-24 over those 53 games.
Now, we are not suggesting that the Giants can simply replace Cabrera with Sandoval. Not by a longshot.
But the Giants are a stronger team in August than they were in May, when Sandoval started his 35-game stint on the DL with a broken hammate bone.
Another way to think of it: the Giants have six contant players in their lineups in May as they do now: Angel Pagan, Gregor Blanco, Brandon Crawford, Brandon Belt, Ryan Theriot and Buster Posey.
So which lineup is stronger: One that includes Melky Cabrera and Joaquin Arias, or one that includes Pablo Sandoval and Hunter Pence?
Now some sabermetrics would still argue for the former. But there are other factors at play.
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