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NBC News has pulled Ayman Mohyeldin from Gaza after the veteran journalist personally witnessed the death of four Palestinian boys, according to a Thursday report by The Intercept.
According to the report, by Glenn Greenwald, NBC executives said the decision was due to "security concerns" as Israel prepares its ground invasion. The attack that left the children dead occurred near the hotel where Mohyeldin and other journalists were staying. However, Greenwald insinuated the move could have been because the reporter's "powerful" coverage of the conflict had angered the pro-Israeli political establishment.
"Over the last two weeks, Mohyeldin's reporting has been far more balanced and even-handed than the standard pro-Israel coverage that dominates establishment American press coverage; his reports have provided context to the conflict that is missing from most American reports and he avoids adopting Israeli government talking points as truth. As a result, neocon and 'pro-Israel' websites have repeatedly attacked him as a 'Hamas spokesman' and spouting 'pro-Hamas rants,'" Greenwald wrote.
The day before his reported removal from Gaza, Mohyeldin reported on the deaths of the four young Palestinian boys. He said he played with them and kicked around a ball shortly before their death.
"The attack - and its heartrending aftermath - was witnessed by NBC News. Moments earlier, the boys were playing soccer with journalists on the beach. The four victims were named as Ahed Atef Bakr and Zakaria Ahed Bakr, both 10 years old, Mohamed Ramez Bakr, 11, and Ismael Mohamed Bakr, 9," Mohyeldin's report said.
NBC and Mohyeldin did not return requests for comment from Business Insider.
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A nice set of MAAC wings were presented today to Paul after completing our HEFA flight training. Way to go! We are hoping that at least one of the pictures is suitable for posting to the forum!
Congratulations again to other recent "graduates" including:
- Bruce
- Adam
- Mike (currently on a sailing adventure!)
And two great flights with new student Dennis today. He advanced quickly on the sticks with our club Apprentice.
Way to go!!!

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In a cynical and despicable move the day before Thanksgiving, WTDY radio in Madison dismissed its entire award-winning news team and long-time progressive radio personality John "Sly" Sylvester. The following post appeared on Sly's Facebook page this afternoon:
Message to everybody: I just want to inform you that today was my last day of employment at WTDY. After 15 years, I was told that my services were no longer needed. I would like to thank everybody that's supported my program. It's been a pleasure to share this wonderful experience with you. I need to take a big deep breath this weekend and figure out what my future plans are. But, old Winter Soldiers NEVER DIE, and I look forward to letting you know what lies ahead. Solidarity!
Also let go are news director Amy Barrilleaux, political correspondent Dylan Brogan, Shawn Prebil, Crystal McKenzie Parker, and Deana Wright. No comment has been received from management at Midwest Family in Madison, though numerous messages have been left by this writer.
A post on Crystal McKenzie Parker's Facebook page dismisses any rumor that ratings were down:
After the best ratings book in 10 years, WTDY released us all from our duties today! I'm still in shock!
The news team at WTDY had gained a reputation amongst all journalists in the state as being focused on local impact and independent of corporate influence.
Badger Democracy has made several attempts to obtain comment from station management. General Manager Rick McCoy took over at WTDY in June, according to a MWFBG staffer, arriving from a group station in Springfield, Missouri.
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Lujo wrote:http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/11/08/impressions-desktop-dungeons/#more-175798
Oh wow.
Lujo wrote:http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/11/08/impressions-desktop-dungeons/#more-175798
dislekcia wrote:Guys, it took us a bit of time to line up Steam and get that all working properly. We'll announce other distribution plans/options once they're more solid and we're not trying to make sure the game is ultra stable... This is like a friday release x1000.
We're working on it.
dislekcia wrote:Yup, the music makes the web version a 300 meg download. I'll be working on a solution to that today.
berpdreyfuss wrote:dislekcia wrote:Yup, the music makes the web version a 300 meg download. I'll be working on a solution to that today.
Will you give us a heads up when this is sorted out?
I'm really surprised there aren't more glowing comments here. Come on! The game has so much to do, is pretty, funny, balanced, challenging, and sports a great soundtrack. I sincerely hope the sales numbers are high enough to give these people the vacation they've earned over the past three years.
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Customize your back to school routine
By Priscilla J. Dunstan, McClatchy-Tribune
Back to school a time both loved and dreaded by children and parents alike. Being back at school will bring out the extremes in your children.
Tactile children will need more physical contact and cuddles, visual children will be more particular about how things look, auditory children will chatter more, and taste and smell children will be more clingy. This is all part of the process and very normal! Be kind, calm and respectful and your child will settle in a few weeks.
Visual children will benefit from a visually based school schedule. Consider making a wall chart to illustrate what's going on, and use lots of pictures, particularly if they are pre-readers. Your child will be very picky about how things look, and very sensitive to their peers' opinions, so allow them to have a say in what they wear, choice of school bag and even how the lunch is packed. I've met visual children who will refuse to eat a sandwich simply because it was cut into squares and not triangles. They will often find it hard to fall asleep in the first few weeks of school, so try to remove any visual distractions from their sleeping area and leave enough time in the morning for a relaxed breakfast and easy commute to school.
Auditory children will need to talk about their day, both the one they have had and the one they are about to start. Find out as much as you can about their school routine so you can answer any questions they may have. Be aware that when an auditory child repeatedly asks (what seems to be) the same question, they are signaling anxiety about that particular issue. They need reassurance from you: answer the question, even for the fourth time. If your auditory child is having trouble remembering to do things, turn to rhyme to help. A rhyme for getting ready for bed, a morning rhyme for getting ready for school, and so forth. Auditory children prefer simple. Go for basic easy-to-match clothing, uncomplicated lunches, clear instructions as to pick-up and a routine that rarely changes.
Tactile children are all over the place for the start of school. The excitement of all those playmates in one spot and one has to sit still? The motto of parents of tactile children is "energy in, energy out." Make sure they eat healthy, long lasting energy foods, rather than commercial sugary items. Breakfast is very important and their resistance to eating can make it tempting to turn to the refined sugar foods, but don't! Allow for time in the morning to either kick the ball around, or walk to school and get them there early so they can run around a bit before having to sit still in class. Sleep is important for this sense, and they tend to need more than the other senses, so even though they will resist, it's an early bedtime for them.
Taste and smell children often find the transition of being back at school difficult. They often suffer from separation anxiety. Introduce them to another child they can look after at school, arranging play dates as soon as possible. Allow your child to bring a small comfort item to school, like a special pencil case, or a big girl watch. With this sense, it's the little things that count, so don't be afraid to put a little note in their lunch box (nothing embarrassing) or go for ice cream on Fridays as a treat. You can create a special card for the backpack, one that has all the family's details, in case they need them (it's a comfort thing). Try to arrange for a regular person they know and like to pick them up from school.
Remember this is a transition for your child, even if they attended school last year. This year they will have a new teacher, new classmates and will need to get reacquainted with old friends. They need to adjust to the more regimented routine of school – in the mind of a 5-year-old, summer is a long time. Make sure they get plenty of sleep, eat healthy food and have an outlet for their sensory tendencies.
Priscilla J. Dunstan is a child and parenting behavior expert and consultant and the author of "Child Sense."


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The long conComments
Thoughts on the nonsense of the moment.
Update: Journamalism from Pete Thamel, author of the now-infamous Sports Illustrated cover story. Short version: Te'o gave Thamel an enormous amount of information about his imaginary girlfriend and her family, none of which he was able to verify. So I guess the moral of the story is that fact-checking at SI only requires checking into purported facts, as opposed to actually verifying any of them, at least if the story is good enough.


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The University of Texas at Austin
Like the state it calls home, The University of Texas at Austin is a bold, ambitious leader. Ranked among the biggest and best research universities in the country, UT Austin is home to more than 51,000 students and 3,000 teaching faculty. Together we are working to change the world through groundbreaking research and cutting-edge teaching and learning techniques. Here, tradition and innovation blend seamlessly to provide students with a robust collegiate experience. Amid the backdrop of Austin, Texas, a city recognized for its creative and entrepreneurial spirit, the university provides a place to explore countless opportunities for tomorrow's artists, scientists, athletes, doctors, entrepreneurs and engineers.
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Pansy Blossom Cocktail.
2 Dashes Angostura Bitters.
1 Teaspoonful Grenadine. (1 teaspoon Homemade Grenadine)
1 Glass Anis del Oso. (1 1/2 oz Kubler Absinthe)
Shake (I stirred) well and strain into cocktail glass. (Spanked mint tip garnish.)
As the Block and Fall Cocktail calls for "Anis del Oso or Absinthe", I'm going to assume a blanche absinthe, like Kubler, is a fair substitution here. Perhaps Anis del Oso is a dry style Anis. I added the mint tip, just to give the camera something to focus on, though it also brings a pleasant brightness to the scent of the cocktail.
Not much difference between the Pansy Cocktail and Pansy Blossom. Slightly less Grenadine and Angostura in the Blossom, making it a bit less murky in color.
On the previous post someone pointed out the color wasn't dissimilar to the dark center of the pansy flower.
Another possible reading of the name comes up on the pansy wikipedia entry:
"In William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, the juice of a pansy blossom ("before, milk-white, now purple with love's wound, and maidens call it love-in-idleness") is a love potion: "the juice of it, on sleeping eyelids laid, will make a man or woman madly dote (fall in love) upon the next live creature that it sees." (Act II, Scene I see also: Oberon at II, i)."
There's a definite parallel there, between Absinthe's alleged aphrodisiac properties and those ascribed to the pansy blossom.
Again, if you like Absinthe and are into high proof booze, this isn't a horrible cocktail. I'll take it over Jägermeister any day. Still, there are better uses for these ingredients.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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Good Shepherd President & CEO Sally Gammon to Retire in 2013
Allentown, PA -- Sally Gammon, FACHE, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network's President & CEO since 1997, has announced her intention to retire from the organization in 2013. The Good Shepherd Board of Trustees has commenced a search for Good Shepherd's next President & CEO. Sally intends to remain involved with Good Shepherd and the local community after her retirement.
Sally joined Good Shepherd in May 1997 and led the organization's transformation from a local rehabilitation provider and home for the disabled to a nationally recognized post-acute care health system. As a high-energy senior executive, Sally has a proven reputation for combining creative, visionary leadership and pragmatic business acumen within rapidly changing environments.
Sally strives to carry out the mission that Good Shepherd's founders, the Raker family, began more than 104 years ago – providing independence and hope for people with disabilities. She manages a complex system of post-acute rehabilitation services that include inpatient programs, outpatient services, research and technology delivery and long-term care. Under Sally's leadership, Good Shepherd has quadrupled in size and budget and has expanded its scope of services, growing from a $45 million to a $201 million organization.
When Sally began her tenure at Good Shepherd, the organization consisted of a rehabilitation hospital and long-term care facility in Allentown and a Work Services division. With Sally's vision, Good Shepherd expanded to include a licensed long-term acute care hospital for critically ill patients. Good Shepherd operates inpatient rehabilitation facilities at Easton Hospital, Pocono Medical Center and Wayne Memorial Hospital in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Good Shepherd also has a long-term care facility for the severely disabled in Bethlehem. Growth also occurred with Good Shepherd's outpatient centers, expanding from 4 to 21 locations in 7 counties. In July 2009, Good Shepherd opened the 16-bed Good Shepherd Hospital Pediatric Unit in Bethlehem, the only inpatient rehabilitation unit in the area for children.
Sally provided strategic leadership in the creation of Good Shepherd Penn Partners, a joint venture between Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Penn Medicine in Philadelphia that became operational in July 2008. Good Shepherd is the majority owner of the joint venture and manages and provides inpatient and outpatient post-acute care for Penn Medicine. Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network and Good Shepherd Penn Partners have a combined 412 inpatient beds, 34 outpatient sites and more than 2,000 employees. Sally serves as chair of the Good Shepherd Penn Partners Board of Trustees.
In 1997, Good Shepherd served nearly 10,000 individuals. In fiscal year 2012 (July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012), Good Shepherd served more than 61,000 people. While growing at this extraordinary rate, Good Shepherd maintained its "A" bond rating.
In partnership with the Good Shepherd Board of Trustees, Sally initiated in June of 2000 a $40-million capital campaign, which achieved its goal 18 months ahead of schedule and raised $51 million. The campaign supported the multi-year transformation of Good Shepherd's south Allentown campus that was dedicated in 2006 and encompasses a high technology apartment building, a parking deck, healing gardens and the Good Shepherd Health & Technology Center. The 64,000-square-foot Good Shepherd Health & Technology Center houses The Harry C. Trexler Center for Rehabilitation Technology, outpatient orthopedic therapy and neuro-rehabilitation, a large warm-water pool for aqua therapy, the outpatient pediatrics program, a radiology suite, Optimal Fitness and The Spine & Joint Center.
Sally began her professional career as a physical therapist for the State of Connecticut and at Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, progressing to the Director of Physical Therapy. She was appointed Administrator of The Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center of Southern New Hampshire and then as Vice President of Fiscal Affairs at Easter Seals Society/Goodwill Industries of New Hampshire/Vermont, Inc., achieving the position of CFO and Vice President of Fiscal Affairs at this organization. She was appointed Division Director of Oncology, Rehabilitation and Orthopedics at Health Northeast/Elliot Hospital in Manchester, New Hampshire. Prior to joining Good Shepherd, Sally was President and CEO of The Rehabilitation Center of Fairfield County in Bridgeport, Connecticut, an affiliate of Yale-New Haven Health System.
Sally received a bachelor's degree in physical therapy from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from Rivier College in Nashua, New Hampshire. She also is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
Sally received the following awards and recognition: the 2012 Annual Leadership Excellence Award of the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA); President's Proclamation from Allentown City Council on January 7, 2008; the 2007 Spotlight Award from the Eastern Pennsylvania Business Journal; the 2006 Lehigh Valley Women of Distinction Award from the Girl Scouts-Great Valley Council; the 2005 Spirit of Leonardo Award from the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Da Vinci Discovery Center of Science and Technology; the 2005 Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (PARF) Rehabilitation Leadership Award; and the 2003 Spirit of Wellness Award from the Arthritis Foundation, Lehigh Valley Chapter. In May of 2008, Sally received an honorary degree from Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and in May of 2009, she received an honorary degree from DeSales University, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Sally served as the Chair of the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley's 2010 Community Campaign. The campaign raised $9,732,000 – a 4 percent increase over the previous campaign. Sally also serves on the following boards: DeSales University; Lafayette Ambassador Bank Board of Directors; RJ Fellows Program Board at Muhlenberg College; and Tyler & Company Northeast Regional Leadership Advisory Board. She previously served on the Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley Board of Associates, and for 10 years served both the volunteer board of Lehigh Valley Workforce Investment Board and the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley Board. Sally is a member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Healthcare Executive Network.


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Olympic Art, Paintings By Joseph Formwalt And Still Life Aug 24
August 24, 2012 by malagainn
From the c enjoy plenty of Arts culture nearby, coming up is an exhibition at the Mobile Alabama Arts Council, located at 318 Dauphin St. starting on August 24th
Included are observations of nature and wildlife by a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast; posters from the United States Sport Art Museum and Archives. In addition, see an exhibition by William Bradley Parnell, creator of the William Bradley clothing line and winner of the design of Mobile Fashion Week 2011.
Events runs through Fri, Aug 31. Mon — Fri, 9 AM — 5 PM.
Contact: 251-432-9796/ www.mobilearts.org


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This pretty little epiphitic and climbing jungle vine is the baby cousin to the larger leaved Swiss cheese plant (monstera deliciosa). Its glossy green foliage will add a tropical touch to any scene in vue, whilst not being quite as over bearing as some of its larger cousins.
The bundle contains four versions of this great Solid Growth plant for Vue 7 and up which cover all aspects of its growth habit and can be combined in many different combinations to simulate larger plants, vine curtains, and pretty much any effect you would see in its natural habitat. It also makes a great virtual house plant too!
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A new community park and library branch could be coming to Goshen thanks to a generous donation by the North Oldham Lions Club.
The North Oldham Lions Club proposed a 24.75-acre land donation off U.S. 42 to Fiscal Court July 19.
In the proposal, land would be allocated by the Lions Club to Oldham County Parks and Recreation and the Oldham County Public Library.
After a fatal crash, a community is supporting one family during a difficult time.
Robert Terry Tooley Jr., 42, of Louisville, was killed July 18 when a Nissan Maxima collided with his motorcycle.
Pretty as a picture and looking more like a homemaker than an FBI agent, Jeanne James – a petite, mere sliver of a woman in a bright yellow dress and high heels – recently enthralled the Prospect/Goshen Rotary Club with stories of mobsters and godfathers.
Oceana Allen was crowned Miss Oldham County Fair on Tuesday night at the Oldham County Fairgrounds in Buckner.
The event was sold out. Even though the overcast skies threatened rain earlier that afternoon, Yew Dell Gardens' marketing director, Siofra Rucker, had planned ahead. The 300 guests attending the farm- to-table dinner in support of Slow Food Bluegrass found themselves seated beneath an elegant white tent in the garden.
Apple Patch has been a landmark in Oldham County for more than 10 years, but you may be surprised how much you don't know.
Apple Patch offers residential living options, a variety of day programs and clinical services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, all of which have shaped the lives of residents.
Both employees and participants in the programs have a passion for Apple Patch. "Whatever you're giving them comes flooding back to you," said Joe Spoelker, director of development and marketing at Apple Patch.
The public is invited to join a free science project July 9 to help with the national butterfly census.
University of Louisville biology professor emeritus Charles Covell and other butterfly specialists will lead the butterfly count Saturday at UofL's Horner Wildlife Sanctuary in Brownsboro.
Dozens of children in Africa now have shoes on their feet thanks to the efforts of a La Grange woman.
Elizabeth Plumley recently helped outfit 80 children with shoes thanks to a generous donation from Crocs Inc.
Plumley, a North Oldham High School graduate from La Grange, recently traveled to the village of Akaa, in the eastern region of Ghana, Africa.
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Just as his second trial for the 2007 murder of package store owner Jared Silva was getting under way, Gary L. Clarke, 25, decided Wednesday in New London Superior Court to plead to the lesser charge of first-degree manslaughter with a firearm.
Clarke will be sentenced Aug. 2 to 40 years in prison, suspended after 25 years served and five years probation.
Clarke's first trial, in January 2011, ended in a mistrial when the jury indicated it was unable to reach a verdict.
New London County State's Attorney Michael Regan said Clarke and a co-defendant, Cosmo Frieson, set out to rob a store when they settled upon Jared's Packy at the corner of Ocean Avenue and Squire Street on Oct. 12, 2007.
Regan said Frieson obtained the gun, but it was Clarke who confronted Silva with the weapon.
Silva refused to turn over the money and fought with Clarke. At some point during the fight, Clarke shot Silva in the head.
Regan said Silva's mother and sister were present in court Wednesday and "reluctantly" agreed to the plea. They will address the court at the time of sentencing, Regan said.
Other charges against Clarke, including a first-degree sexual assault charge, with be withdrawn at the time of sentencing. Regan said attempts to reach the sexual assault victim have been unsuccessful, and the victim has never attempted to contact the prosecutors.
Testimony at the first trial revealed that Clarke was standing over Silva's body when police arrived and that his cellphone was found in a pool of blood between Silva's forearm and torso. There was little other physical evidence to link Clarke to the murder, so the case hinged in large part on the credibility of associates of Clarke, who were called as state's witnesses.
Frieson in July 2009 pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree robbery. He faces a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. His sentencing was delayed until Clarke's case was resolved.


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The Euskalema Association recently published a collection of poems in German and Basque by Aresti and Brecht
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The collection began with a number of poems that had already been translated
The Euskalema Association recently published a collection of poems entitled Poema hautatuak (Selected Poems). The book consists of twenty poems by writers Bertolt Brecht and Gabriel Aresti. Brechts work has been translated into Basque, and Arestis has been translated into German. A number of Arestis and Brechts poems had already been translated, but the Euskalema publishing house added several others to create this collection. They also refined the already existing translations.
What we have published in the book Poema hautatuak (Selected Poems) is a critical edition. We have refined historic translations, going over the poems one by one. In some cases, it was clear that some poems had not been translated from the original German or Basque, and therefore, we made certain suggestions for translation, explained Elena Martinez, a member of Euskalema. The historic translations can be found at the end of the book, following the newer versions, and the Basque and German versions are given side by side. Translator Petra Elser says they do not believe that their translations are better than the historic ones, and that they did not approach the work as one of correction. We wanted to translate directly from the German and the Basque, without taking any detours. We realized that in some of the historic versions, some parts of the text were missing. We have published the poems in their entirety.
Gabriel Aresti and Bertolt Brecht are two writers with little in common. Their linguistic, literary and sociopolitical contexts were extremely different. Nevertheless, as stated in the foreword of the book, the contributors to the collection have managed to deduce certain connections between the two. For example, although the two authors come from different traditions, both are left-wing intellectuals. This is the primary characteristic that bridges the gap between Aresti and Brecht. Thus, most of the topics that appear in the collection have to do with the social or political framework.


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Saint Seiya - The Lost Canvas Animation
Saint Seiya - The Lost Canvas (Hades Mythology)
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Number of Episodes: 13
DVD info: ¥6,510 / 45 min / Creditless OP / Settei data gallery
Bluray info: ¥7,560 / 45 min / 1080p / Creditless OP / Settei data gallery
Drama CD to be released on June.
OP theme: The Realm of Athena, by EUROX.
ED theme: Hana no kusari, by 生乃麻紀 (Am I reading this wrong or is it Maki Ikuno?) with Marina del Rey.
Animation Production: TMS Entertainment (D.Gray-man, Telepathy Shoujo Ran, Detective Conan, Lupin III)
The Lost Canvas tells the story of the previous Holy war of the universe of Saint Seiya, taking place in the XVIII century, 250 years before the original manga. The story centers on the relation between Tenma, the Pegasus Saint and his beloved friend, Alone, who would eventually become his greatest enemy, Hades.
The Manga started serializing on August 24, 2006 in the Weekly Shonen Champion magazine, it currently has 119 chapters an ongoing, so we are more likely to see OVAs released through all the year, or in several parts like the Hades saga.
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I don't quite understand, I though that producer wanted to continue the series after Overture movie, like that movie was just a beginning of Heaven chapter, at least that is what I've heard.
In any case, I've checked some of the forums and there are good thoughts on this and it is nice to see some of the returning Gold Saints... actually I don't know if they have that status in here =)
And yeah -Th-, I know that this isn't Seiya character, I meant Seiya as whole series. Sorry.
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And as you said, there were originals plans to have Overture be part of a trilogy, where Seiya after eventually beating Zeus, would move on to fight Chronos. There hasn't been any talk about this since 5 years ago, so it most likely has been scrapped.
However Kurumada still plans on writing the Zeus chapter (and possibly the Chronos one too) in manga form after his current projects are done.
So, since Lost Canvas are being animated there is a very high chance that we will have Next Dimension, Episode G and the future Zeus chapter on animated form. It will most likely depend on the success of LC's DVDs.
And about the Live movie, as far as it remains in the IMDB, it remains as a strong rumor, and given the recent confirmations of some other animes into movies (Cowboy Bebop) and soon releases (Dragon Ball), there is a high chance that this is rumor is unfortunate true.
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But i guess this confirms that the OVA will really not start from the beginnig and we will be thrown directly into action.
|2009-02-17, 17:10
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TMS Entertainment has revealed that Lost Canvas will have 13 episodes of 30 minutes each, no details on the distribution of the DVDs.
LC is being treated as the Prologue to Saint Seiya, even though Kurumada is not directly involved with the manga, and it is still unknown how are they going to tie up both stories, with Kurumada's Next Dimension, given the wishes of the author to have it animated as well.
Anyway, these new screens were posted by TMS
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Well, that relieves any fears of TMS using Knights of the Zodiac for their international masters.
Anyways, I still have to wonder why they choose TMS to do this over Toei Animation. I have no issues (other than TMS's general tampering with international masters), just I find it strange to change a company that's worked on the series for many years to another.
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On chapter 121 of Lost Canvas released today, it has been revealed that the first DVD will hit stores in japan on June.
That is still part of the "spring" season I guess, even tho, that's a long wait
Still no news on how many episodes will there be on each DVD.
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Loyola press release - August 13, 2012
Loyola University New Orleans senior sociology student, Jancarlos "J.C." Romero, was recently named a 2012 Honorary Secretary of State for Louisiana for his leadership in the community, as well as for being elected the new co-chairman of the Young Democrats of New Orleans. The award was presented at the law office of Gainburgh and Benjamin in New Orleans.
Romero's professional career has focused primarily on education and working with at-risk districts and schools. Currently, he serves as a program director for Jefferson Parish's Department of Parks and Recreation, as well as an ESL instructor at Tulane University through the Catholic Charities Adult Education Program. Prior to that, he was the New Orleans area director for a supplemental educational services company and coordinator of internships for a nonprofit organization. He also serves as the executive campaign assistant for the Committee to Re-Elect Thomas Robichaux for the New Orleans School Board.
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The legendary Staveley Village Store is located in the heart of one of New Zealand's tight-knit rural communities, where the culture is warm, the atmosphere is friendly and the pace is "just like life should be."
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Patriotic Cupcake Cones
Total TimePrep: 40 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
Makes2 dozen
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 bottle (1 ounce) red food coloring
- 3 teaspoons white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups cake flour
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 24 ice cream cake cones (about 3 inches tall)
- 1-1/2 cups shortening
- 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 6 cups confectioners' sugar
- 4 to 5 tablespoons milk
- Blue jimmies
- In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the food coloring, vinegar, butter flavoring and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Pour batter into each cake cone to within 3/4 in. of the top. Place in ungreased muffin cups.
- Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely.
- In a large bowl, beat shortening and vanilla until fluffy; gradually add confectioners' sugar and beat until smooth. Add enough milk to achieve spreading consistency.
- Cut a small hole in the corner of plastic bag; insert a large star tip. Fill the bag with frosting. Pipe onto cupcakes. Sprinkle with jimmies.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 396 calories, 17g fat (4g saturated fat), 18mg cholesterol, 175mg sodium, 58g carbohydrate (42g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.
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May 25, 2012
I make these all the time and I transport them in egg cartons turned upside down and cut the bottoms of every other one(they will not fit side by side) to fit the cone, then put in a nice box. Works great and do not fall over. Hope this helps :)
May 24, 2012
You can order containers. The order form is on the cone box. I have two and use them all the time.
May 24, 2012
The first idea that came to my head to make transporting possible was to use a large sturdy gift box (or similar box) by tracing circles the size of bottom of cones then cut out. The box can also be covered with foil, pretty wrapping paper, etc. Look at the picture displayed with recipe for a visual.
May 24, 2012
Ihave not made this yet but would like to try them for work...Problem is how to transport them to work with out them falling over...Any ideas???
May 23, 2012
This cake has been my go-to recipe for years when I needed something impressive. I am a retired cake decorator and I'd like to concur about the frosting recipe. Bakery frosting is, as a matter of fact, sweetened shortening. I got SO tired of it. Now if I need a decorated cake and bake one myself, I use a different frosting recipe; if I'm pressed for time and order one from a bakery, I always order the whipped "bettercream." It's so much better than buttercream (and probably just as bad for you - LOL).
May 23, 2012
To saucywitch: There is 12 ounces in 1 1/2 cups of shortening. If you eat that all at once that is a lot of fat. The 12 ounces of fat is equally divided in the frosting to 24 cupcakes. Not so bad then, unless you eat 24 cupcakes in one sitting. We look at sweets as a special treat to enjoy occasionally, not every meal, not every day. These cupcake cones are a hit with children--been making them in different flavors for years.
May 23, 2012
The base for bakery frosting is shortening. If you're that worried about it stop eating frosting. Good grief!
May 23, 2012
Incredible amount of fat...1 1/2 cups fat in the frosting alone...amounts to sweetened shortening as a frosting!
Jul 1, 2011
We used Red Velvet cake mix for this recipe. Made the cake batter as directed, then just put in cones. Everything else we did as directed in the recipe. Came out really nice! Combined red & blue sprinkles. Made a nice presentation. The kids gobbled them right up!
Jul 1, 2011
We used Red Velvet cake mix for this recipe. Made the cake batter as directed, then just put in cones. Everything else we did as directed in the recipe. Came out really nice! Combined red & blue sprinkles. Made a nice presentation.


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In the summer of 2011, Yale-China brought 200 Yale University alumni, family, and friends to Xiuning, Anhui province, for a week of teaching, learning, and cultural exchange. The trip was the culmination of a year of planning and partnership between Yale-China, the Yale Alumni Service Corps, and the Association of Yale Alumni. All projects were planned and executed by volunteers and involved local students and medical professionals at four project sites. The trip culminated in a final performance featuring the accomplishments of students during the week of project work and presentation of gifts to schools and local officials.
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"This was a fabulous trip. I had never been to China before, and it was a wonderful way to do it, being somewhere away from the main tourist areas, and having something absorbing to do besides sightseeing. I feel I got a much greater understanding of China through the Xiuning experience and talking to the other participants about theirs than I would have had I just been on my own." – Ruth Karras, 2011 participant


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The wedding is being planned for 6:30 p.m. May 29, 2009, at New Bethel Baptist in Verona. A reception will follow at Receptions in Erlanger.
The Grant County Public Library held a bookmark contest in honor of National Library Week, which was April 12 through April 18. Hayley Sebree, a student at Mason-Corinth Elementary, was the winner of the third to fifth grade division. Ashley Clifton, a student at Williamstown Elementary, was the winner of the kindergarten to second grade division. A total of 29 entries were received. Sebree and Clifton were given a book bag with the library's logo, a book and other prizes. The winning entries were made into bookmarks that are being distributed at the library.
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For the second consecutive year, Grant County Parks and Recreation will show free flicks on a 24 feet by 15 feet inflatable screen at Grant County Park in Crittenden.
The Movies in the Park series will feature a total of 10 movies screening at dusk the second Saturday and fourth Friday of each month from May through September.
The first movie about an animated robot in love is scheduled for Saturday, May 9.
Irene Link Prather began her career in public service 39 years ago when she worked as a nutrition assistant for the Grant County Cooperative Extension Service for the University of Kentucky. She worked in that position for 23 years and retired in 1970.
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She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and was 21.5 inches long.
Her maternal grandparents are Jo Ellen Whiteker and Jackie and Susie Whiteker, of Dry Ridge.
Her maternal great grandparents are Fern Whiteker of Falmouth and the late EJ Whiteker and the late Eugene and Nina Hopperton.
Her paternal grandparents are Willis and Tammy Williams of Dry Ridge.
Kiwanis to host magic
show May 16
The Williamstown Kiwanis club will host a family magic show fund-raiser at 7 p.m. May 16 at the Williamstown High School Gym.
Illusionist Roger Despard will be performing the windshear, an illusion where he attempts to pass through an industrial size fan.
The Williamstown Kiwanis Club will be conducting a telephone ticket campaign during the next several weeks. Proceeds from the show will help with the North Key Project, Little League tournaments and scholarships.
GCHS class of 1984 sets date
Grant County High School class of 1984's 25th reunion is from 7 p.m. to midnight on June 27 at the Drawbridge Inn in Covington. RSVP must be before May 31 to be included.
They are still looking for contact information on several classmates. If your child, brother or sister graduated in 1984 from GCHS, contact Vanessa Beach Rose 859-393-7099 or Sandy Iseral Smith 859-525-1662 with their information.
Jerry and Jamie Dunn of Dry Ridge and Mark and Robbie Gifford of Williamstown announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Alisha Michelle Gifford to Weylin Roger Fairchild, son of Roger and Mintie Fairchild of Winchester.
The wedding is being planned for 3:30 p.m. May 16 at Sherman Full Gospel Church.
A reception will follow at JMB Center in Dry Ridge.
The bride is a 2005 graduate of Grant County High School. She is also a student at Morehead State University.
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Cape Ann Symphony kicks off the orchestra's 66th Concert Season with Russian Fireworks at two local venues.
On Saturday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m., the performance will be at the Manchester Essex Regional High School Auditorium at 36 Lincoln St., Manchester-by-the-Sea. On Sunday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m., the symphony will play at the Dolan Performing Arts Center at Ipswich High School, 134 High St., Ipswich.
A passionate and fiery all Russian program, Russian Fireworks features Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet and Stravinsky's Firebird and welcomes guest artist, the brilliant pianist Ya-Fei Chuang making her CAS debut to perform Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.
Cape Ann Symphony Music Director and Conductor Yoichi Udagawa is eager to begin the season.
"Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture, Stravinsky's Firebird Suite and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 have to be some of the most popular and beloved works ever written for orchestra. The sheer energy, passion, expressiveness and romantic beauty of these pieces is off the charts," said Udagawa. "Our soloist Ya-Fei Chuang is extraordinary -- the orchestra is playing superbly -- what a thrill it will be to share this music with our audiences!"
Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2, one of the most popular concertos ever written, consists of melodies which have crossed over into popular music and have been used in over 20 movies. Frank Sinatra popularized it with his rendition of Full Moon and Empty Arms which puts words to the main theme of the 2nd movement. The same theme has been used by such artists as Bob Dylan, Errol Garner, Robert Goulet, Sarah Vaughan, Jerry Vale and many others.
Stravinsky's Firebird, based on Russian fairy tales, is about a magical glowing bird that helps a prince free the beautiful princess from the evil Kastchei. According to Udagawa, "This is a challenging piece for the orchestra, but the lush melodies really bring to life the story of the Firebird."
Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet is most notable as the composition that launched the composer's international career at the age of 28. Tchaikovsky was fascinated by Shakespeare's plays and wrote overtures for The Tempest and Hamlet as well as Romeo and Juliet.
Founded in Gloucester in 1951, the Cape Ann Symphony is a professional orchestra of over 70 players from throughout the New England area. They perform a subscription season of four concerts per year plus several Pops and youth concerts.
Season subscriptions for the 2017-18 concert season are available to purchase. Single ticket prices are $43 for adults, $38 for senior citizens, $15 for students of any age; $5 for youth 12 and under.
For information or tickets to the Cape Ann Symphony's season opening Russian Fireworks Concert in Manchester and Ipswich, call 978-281-0543 or visit www.capeannsymphony.org.


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i dont see what the fuss is about ....
look at valve for an example, portal features a woman lead along with a female antagonist (thats the word for villain right?) both doing a great job at conveying the story of the game.
no one on earth seemed to care that you played as a silent female with hooks on her legs,
Team fortress 2 also a good example , all the characters are male yet theres no outcry for female characters simply because they do their job well at displaying that specific type of class.
instead of saying we need more female leads , we just need better placement for them and at least some kind of interaction or dialog and not just a thing you look at.
I once read some developer stated that games dont have characters period. We can't expect any with that attitude. For those not reading Cracked: Ripley was to be male untill they flipped the switch last minute.
One of my latest awesome concepts is to make racing game with interesting racers(indestructible cars raging from classics to scifi, maybe with mmo component, definitely with realistic driving model) where (coverart)protagonists are non-white not too young(at least one is not 30 anymore) male and female and you can play their careers independently and have em in same race(coop or AI) as well. characteristics: world similiar to TDU2 but much more fantastic, at least 8 racers every time, trippy elements when using drugs, graphics at least like GRID, interactions when not in race close to ME/DA cutscenes(without any restrictive system), cutscene camera only on demand, characters behave close to mmo players meaning the game is not the only concern, "story" is completely decided by player, multiplayer includes async race mode and race where 2 teams race in opposite direction at once(=oppositive race?).
That's...actually a really good idea. It would certainly drive the point home about how you can make choices and stuff.
That's also a good idea. Dang you guys, all manner of good ideas happening up in this forum.
The one quibble I have with both of these is something BlindChance pointed out. Mass Effect and Dragon Age, being RPGs, are about wanting to become the character, whereas Portal was really about the puzzles and GlaDOS. It was cool to play a woman, but it didn't make much of a difference in the game. Dragon Age's trailers were, as BlindChance mentioned, showing the fanbase (regardless of gender) an awesome person that they would want to be. The Legend of the Champion trailer idea is really cool, but it would mean they couldn't have any of the awesome fight trailers, which would be a lot to lose.
You know last time I refuted this guy I got 2 weeks in the penalty box. But honestly, I've been going back and forth with people about this whole nonsense for days now. I don't see him making any new arguments that I haven't already shot down with military efficiency. So what would you want me to say here that's any different? Most of my best points were made in debate involving the females on females in games panel. If you want my real opinions go look there. I have no need to repeat them for Young when he doesn't add anything new to the debate.
I think most of my chick friends are more irritated by bland non-characters like Vanille from FFXIII and Ashley from ME1 than anything else. They're shrill, irritating, and completely pointless other than to check 'the girl' off the party checklist.
For my part, I'm damn glad to hear Shamus point out that cardboard women are just as offensive to men. I'm so damn tired of being pandered to like I'm the beer-guzzling, ass-chasing, single-minded patriarch of a sitcom.
Damn your jiggle physics, and just give me a character that doesn't make me grind my teeth in frustration every time she comes on screen.
In defense of BioWare's Mass Effect 2 box art, Drew Karpyshyn is the author of the Mass Effect novels Revelation, Ascension and Retribution and the Commander Shepard seen on the box cover looks suspiciously like him. I asked him if this was just a coincidence and he seemed to think so but I feel as though BioWare gave a little nod his way with it.
I agree with the rest though Shamus. Heck, I really enjoyed playing as Rayne from Blood Rayne (the movie was awful though).
This is a deeply pointless and off-topic argument, but for the sake of trying to get it over with...
Speaking from something close to 30 years of experience, PC is a very common term in the larger PnP RPG community. If your primary interaction is as a casual player, i can sort of understand how you might miss it if you weren't paying much attention. It's primarily used when a GM talks to someone who is not in their game. "The PCs did X and then..." If you're talking to people who are actually in the game, you would usually just say "you," "your character," "the party," or something similar.
The fact that you weren't familiar with it is kind of odd, but oh well - now you are.
I think female gamers are more bothered by obvious sexualization than they let on. I think we've just come to terms with the fact that, at this point in time anyway, that won't change. Game developers still think all men have the attention span of a thirteen year old boy, and they will pander to that misinformed notion for a good while longer. So we've switched to bargaining. Instead of "put a shirt on" we're at "you can keep the shirt off if you like, just stop acting like a moron and do something useful". It's more important that we're able to play as strong female leads, or alongside strong female backups, than it is to tone down the jiggle physics and get a lot more diversity in cup size.
Hell, even when a game has a "useful" female sidekick, chances are the AI is making her seem like a complete retard anyway. It's a losing battle. :/
She was always great. It's just that the level of insecurity of some folks are unimaginable...
Sure, I'm reasonable enough to do that.
What about using different characters each time? A male mage, a female warrior, a male rogue, whatever. Show off the new combat system by visualizing it in CGI. Similar to the 'classes' trailers they did make. Make the game's tagline, "Is this the Champion?"
Maybe that would have worked, maybe not. It's hard to tell if mystery and intrigue would have worked better than balls-out excitement. But they could have done it.
If you look carefully, there's about 3 maybe 4 facial expressions between them.
I think Volition in particular should get some points on this one. Granted in Saints Row 1, you had the typical male stereotypical protagonist (available in a variety of ethnicities, but basically the standard male character).
But in Saints Row 2, you could play a male, a female, and anything in between (transexual? Check. Transvestite? Check). The character customization in that game was really quite amazing.
I found subduing the rival gangs as a tough-as-nails female protagonist to be quite enjoyable. And since she did all the same things (with all the same lines) as her male counterparts, it didn't play like a female role or a male role. It was just a role that happened to be female in my particular case.
Mass Effect and Dragon Age give you a default character because it gives people a person to get attached to when they cannot properly emulate themselves to a self-made character. I know I appreciate this feature, as I was definitely not into Dragon Age: Origins when I realized that I was more attached to Morrigan and Alistair than my own character, and that I actually saw him as more of a liability than anything. This is also why the only thing that ever kept me attached to my main WoW character was achievement points.
It's true that the default does not have to be the white male, though. At least some companies have enough foresight to provide alternatives within the game. Don't expect this to change anytime soon, because the development of video games only exhibits extensions of cultural norms that have deeply rooted social origins.
I once read an article about institutionalized racial discrimination in public elementary schools (I believe it was by Jonathan Kozol, but I'm not 100%), where black children would be labeled as blacks stereotypically are (read: going to end up in jail or on the streets). They would act in conjunction with these views and end up straying toward such detrimental lifestyles. When the author was asked what could be done to fix the situation, his reply was essentially that anything that is done will only serve as a band-aid for much larger issues.
The same is true for video games. The proper way to change video games isn't through pressuring game developers to broaden their character variety. The proper way to change video games is by addressing the social context within which they are created.
Dude we don't call it a party of player characters we call it a party of pc's. Saying pc is short and easy and very widely used in my circles. I'm surprised you have never come across it.
Also the reason my typing is sometimes bad is because I'm chronicly ill so I can't type too well and I'm often too tired/ in too much pain or doped up on my meds to spot all my mistakes. so yea thanks for making fun of that.
That's right, because I can tell that you're chronically ill, just from the way you type. Don't give me that boohoo stuff. Like, should we start comparing medical problems? Should I tell you about my catheter and how it makes it hard for me to type well?
And I guarantee you that only the most pedantic, anal GM/DM would insist on calling it a "party of PCs". I didn't say I never came across it, it's just not in wide use in my circles. And again, for you and everyone else that didn't get it, for the vast majority of internet users, a "PC" is that thing sitting on your desk that has the keyboard and mouse attached to it.
This is my very last response on this abso-fucking-lutely ridiculous topic.
So what because you are too dumb to figure it out, we can't use the term?
You have lost this argument and just don't want to admit it. several people have already responded that they know and use the term player character. Hell DnD came up with the term. So it's totally ok to call your characters pc's.
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Still not completly buying this line of thinking complain about characters being poorly realised but stop pretending that women are useless, practically every video game character is a badass.
"Strong" is quite literal in this medium when do you ever see lara croft pause because of humans strong liking for filling their lungs with oxygen.
Well said. Better yet: if you're incapable of conceiving a game in which that character could be the lead, you need to take a hard look inward, and ask why that is.
Thanks for reminding Mirandas ass is hot. I just started a hardest mode playthrough on ME2, and imma tap that. Also, gaming is a numbers game, and if you think there are enough female gamers in the world to warrant pandering towards in a major title, you're wrong. Period.
Better characters overall is my cry, they don't have to be chicks or black guys or whatever. I don't like most leads full stop, they're rarely ever anything but blank slates.
2 games i can think of off the bat that involve female leads that kick ass and isnt just male pandering or Lara/Samus.
Cliche i know lol
both games scored on the average scale in terms of game play. Good but not great. Guess what they both tanked big time, sorry to say that gamer girls didn't all flock out to get these titles and bought them in enough quantities to warrant these developers to care about the audience.
Its great when everyone says "yes we need more female characters and leads that aren't doormats" but no one ever mentions that almost everyone (Bethesda Softworks and Replay Studios in this case) who tries to do that get nothing back on their investment. Until we see more buying power from hardcore women gamers, i would doubt the trend would ever change.
Plus i'm also for some mindless female pandering as well. Be a nice change of pace.
That'll be the botox ;)
You know what I would love to see? More negative potrayals of women in games. Not all that sexualised business that they are always whining about, I mean *REAL* negative portrayals: the ones almost completely reserved for men in gaming.
I want to see more women get their heads stomped into the ground. Get blown to piece, shot to pieces, torn to pieces, whatever. I want to see them be the scum bags everyone wants to kill, and who have no redeeming features about them whatsoever.
Instead of bitching about why you cant have your female Commander Shepard on the box so a pair of tits and a vagina can validate your entire gaming experience, or why in a male created, male run, male dominated industry you cant have equal treatment (instead of having to do what men do in female dominated areas: deal with it), why not go for all aspects of gaming, not just girl power ones that make you feel warm and fuzzy.
When its not just almost entirely my own gender resigned to the truly SHIT roles in gaming, I might have a bit more sympathy for the girl power whiners who want their kick-ass chicks paraded around everywhere.
Thank you. As a female gamer, this whole situation really does talk down to you guys as well. Even if many of you can't see it. A marketing department or Dev team, sticks in a bounce boobies feature in some game, and you lot are just supposed to run to the store, throw down $60 buck for it, in order to see some virtual tits? Wake up guys. That is truly treating men as if you all are so stupid, you'd fall for anything and pay money as long it there's jugs. Come on, they are only using women in order to sell shit to you, because you're dumb. Is that what you want? Are you dumb? Do you really want the AAA gaming industry to continue to believe that you are?
See, because it is about diversity, just not the way that you THINK it is.
Wow..... That is just.... so frightening. Really... just.... wow.
I don't really agree with Shamus's ideas. I mean, let's look at the games you listed:
Assassin's Creed series - First game had you as an Arab dude, and the second and third, as an Italian dude. and both of them actually looked like their part.
GTA - Two black protagonists (CJ and Luis) and one Chinese protagonist.
RE - Lots of female protagonists... Jill, Claire, that new African chick
STALKER - always a russian dude
The Witcher - Polish
Silent Hill - SH 3 had a female protagonist.
Of course those are only 5 games out of a big list, but it's how things are. and of course they all sound like american dudes, the voice actors are american! if you switch the game's language to Spanish or Portuguese, you'll always get Spanish actors and Portuguese actors! Why not Argentine or Puerto rican actors? why not Brazilian or Angolan actors?
PC stands for Player Character.
I loved that panel. I feel like the comments here have gotten onto their own tangential topic (nothing wrong with that). I was thrilled that the panel members said they're nothing wrong with sexy characters. Guess what, women are sexy. I liked that they said androgyny isn't the answer. Our society as a whole tends to be in deep denial about the prevalence of the Madonna Whore message. Hence the fact that using the term "slut" is still acceptable among women.
What I took out of the panel was that there needs to be diversity WITHIN the female characters. Vulnerable, maternal, delicate, ass kicking, provocative...all qualities that different women possess, and one is not superior to another.
My favorite quotes from it were "I hate Princess Peach. I hate her because she's fully capable of getting herself out of trouble, she's just lazy!"
and "Why is her name Alex? Why not...Charlotte? Or Brenda?"
Interesting and valid points. Though, I think the lack of female characters also has something to do with the lack of women working in the industry. I am dubious a male story writer could create a female lead character that women are happy with.
The same goes with other races. When was the last time you saw a black character who wasn't a walking stereotype? In the few instances there is a black character in a game, they almost always use the same ignorant formula: Tall, jive talking, top with afro/corn rows. And even with Japan's huge influence on gaming, it's shocking that almost all Asians in games are either silent, deeply contemplative and reverent-to-a-fault of some outmoded culture, or they're the bumbling, buck-toothed ching-chang-chong type. Even Japanese games tend to portray their characters as vaguely Western, although I think that's another topic.
It pains me to say it, but I think until there is more diversity behind the scenes, games may be better off not broaching the subject.
PC stands for Player Character. It's another phrase for protagonist.
I have nothing against playing as a female, but I'd rather play a blob of goo and it be fun than play as a specified gender and it not be.
I personally think that including another female "skin"(i say this because that's really the only difference for a lot of these games), would be fine. Half of the characters in gaming aren't exactly too grand anyway and another skin/voice actor is fine.
However: We shouldn't want to have this "you can also play as" option. We should want a female or male playable character and that is IT.(outside of make-your-own games like SR4 or the Elder Scrolls).
-Somewhat relevant devil's advocate-
This should be a point to bring up next time!
it's actually 47/53, but with the caveat there's a lot of segregation, IE most of the people buying FPSs are gonna be guys.
Though... it suddenly occurs to me that AAAs failure to sell on the Wii may have a lot to do with its failure to target non white men, given that the Wii had a much higher percentage of female owners than the other two consoles.
As long as women are SEXY they will continue to be sexualized!
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Tip: Check and reply from multiple email addresses in Gmail
It's that time of year when students are graduating, and in many cases getting yet another email address to check — an alumni account — as a graduation present.
Whether you have an alumni address, a work account, or your own domain that you like to use, rather than logging in and out of multiple accounts, you can set yourself up so all your mail ends up in your Gmail inbox. And you can send mail from any of the other addresses you own right from Gmail as well.
There are two steps to make this happen:
1. Set up mail forwarding or fetching
Many email providers offer free auto-forwarding to other accounts. Log into your non-Gmail account and set your Gmail address as the forwarding target. If your other account doesn't offer forwarding but supports POP3 access, you can use Mail Fetcher in Gmail to automatically check your other account for new mail and download it to Gmail.
2. Set up custom "From:"
Gmail's custom "From:" feature lets you send mail with one of your other email addresses listed as the sender in place of your Gmail address. There's a good step-by-step for how to set this up in the Help Center, but the basics are adding the address you want to use and then verifying that it belongs to you. Once you have your custom "From:" set up, you can pick which address you want to reply from in the "From:" address drop down while composing messages.
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OK, Enough, Goodbye. Trailer B (2011)
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A sardonic and wistful comedy and an intimate portrait of a city, Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia's terrific self-produced debut could be a passive-aggressive Lebanese version of I Killed My Mother. Except, in this case, the elderly mother is wise enough to ditch her sad-sack 40-year-old baker son (Daniel Arzouni, like all the cast, a non-actor), leaving him with nothing but the company of Tripoli, the northern provincial capital of Lebanon, and what it offers (including an abandoned public project by Oscar Niemeyer). Attieh and Garcia are actually composing a variant on the coming-of-age genre, as our unnamed protagonist is thrust into his independence late in life, and must learn to fend for himself--and he fails miserably.
Uncertain how to exist outside of his mother-son relationship, he seeks the company of strangers and acquaintances, grudgingly befriending a neighbouring boy, and beginning an extremely awkward relationship with a prostitute who contacted him via SMS. While accompanying a friend to an office for foreign-contracted maids, the man hastily hires an Ethiopian worker who speaks no Arabic. But when the relationship quickly turns sour due to an inability to communicate, he is left to regret his actions and seeks out a way to rectify his situation. All the while, he keeps his mother's absence a secret. Observational and warm-hearted in the best sense, OK, Enough, Goodbye. is a memorable and unpolished gem that shows the light and dark sides of Lebanese culture in equal measure.
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I have serious doubts on England's ability to take 20 wickets.......
I know Tooextracool the armchair expert will come up and say it won't matter one iota whether Harmison is bolwing well or not....but I think it wiill this series.
England had Jones and Flintoff firing in 2005 and that made up for Harmison going AWOL.
If Harmison flops again, I don't think England have the quality to make up for it this time.
I'd be extremly surprised if England take more than 1 test off the Aussies.